James and Dewey on Belief and Experience

Name: James and Dewey on Belief and Experience
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ISBN: 9780252029677

ISBN-10: 0252029674

ISBN-13: 9780252029677

Edition: 2004

Authors: Donald Capps, John Capps

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Donald Capps and John Capps's James and Dewey on Belief and Experience juxtaposes the key writings of two philosophical superstars. As fathers of Pragmatism, America's unique contribution to world philosophy, their work has been enormously influential, and remains essential to any understanding of American intellectual history. In these essays, you'll find William James deeply embroiled in debates between religion and science. Combining philosophical charity with logical clarity, he defended the validity of religious experience against crass forms of scientism. Dewey identified the myriad ways in which supernatural concerns distract religious adherents from pressing social concerns, and…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 12/15/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



James and Dewey on Belief and Experience


The psychology of belief; Is life worth living?


The will to believe


From The varieties of religious experience


What pragmatism means


A world of pure experience


From A pluralistic universe Transitions



The Chicago School



The influence of Darwinism on philosophy


The postulate of immediate empiricism


The Copernican revolution


What I believ


From A common faith


From Experience and nature; From Art as experience