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Essays in Philosophy
Contributor(s): James, William (Author), Burkhardt, Frederick (Editor), Bowers, Fredson (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0674267125     ISBN-13: 9780674267121
Publisher: Harvard University Press
OUR PRICE: $184.80  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: August 1978
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Annotation: Essays in Philosophy brings together twenty-one essays, reviews, and occasional pieces published by James between 1876 and 1910. They range in subject from a concern with the teaching of philosophy and appraisals of philosophers to analyses of important problems.

Several of the essays, like "The Sentiment of Rationality" and "The Knowing of Things Together," are of particular significance in the development of the views of James's later works. All of them, as John McDermott says in his Introduction, are in a style that is "engaging and personal...witty, acerbic, compassionate, and polemical." Whether he is writing an article for the Nation of a definition of "Experience" for Baldwin's Dictionary or "The Mad Absolute" for the Journal of Philosophy, James is always unmistakably himself, and always readable.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern
Dewey: 100
LCCN: 77027361
Series: Works of William James
Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6.22" W x 9.58" L (1.89 lbs) 448 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Essays in Philosophy brings together twenty-one essays, reviews, and occasional pieces published by James between 1876 and 1910. They range in subject from a concern with the teaching of philosophy and appraisals of philosophers to analyses of important problems.

Several of the essays, like The Sentiment of Rationality and The Knowing of Things Together, are of particular significance in the development of the views of James's later works. All of them, as John McDermott says in his Introduction, are in a style that is engaging and personal...witty, acerbic, compassionate, and polemical. Whether he is writing an article for the Nation of a definition of Experience for Baldwin's Dictionary or The Mad Absolute for the Journal of Philosophy, James is always unmistakably himself, and always readable.

Contributor Bio(s): Bowers, Fredson: - Fredson Bowers is Linden Kent Professor of English, Emeritus, at the University of Virginia.Skrupskelis, Ignas K.: - Ignas K. Skrupskelis is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina.Burkhardt, Frederick: - Frederick Burkhardt, formerly a professor of philosophy and then a college president, is President Emeritus of the American Council of Learned Societies.
 
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