03632nam 2200721 450 991045651510332120200520144314.01-282-04225-497866120422561-4426-8351-110.3138/9781442683518(CKB)2430000000001407(EBL)4672260(SSID)ssj0000313334(PQKBManifestationID)11207463(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000313334(PQKBWorkID)10358581(PQKB)11224853(CaBNvSL)thg00600652 (MiAaPQ)EBC3255498(MiAaPQ)EBC4672260(DE-B1597)465120(OCoLC)944177227(OCoLC)999360659(DE-B1597)9781442683518(Au-PeEL)EBL4672260(CaPaEBR)ebr11257934(OCoLC)288112555(EXLCZ)99243000000000140720160922h20002000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWilliam James on radical empiricism and religion /Hunter BrownToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2000.©20001 online resource (192 p.)Toronto Studies in PhilosophyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4426-1490-0 0-8020-4734-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Woodpecker and the Grub -- 2. The Will to Believe -- 3. Subjectivity and Belief -- 4. The Strenuous Mood -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexA century after the appearance of his famous works on religion, William James's philosophy of religion is still the subject of lively debate. James's numerous opponents have repeatedly charged him with abdication of intellectual responsibility, arguing that he advocated the adoption of religious belief without conclusive evidence on its behalf. In this book Hunter Brown shows that critics have consistently distorted James's view in the process of arriving at such charges.The central argument presented here is that critics have failed to look at James's philosophical vision as a whole. This failure is addressed by Brown as he locates James's thought on religion within the wider scope of Radical Empiricism's analyses of experience in general, and subject-object relations in particular. Brown presents the main interpretations and critiques of James's work, and shows that James's views of religious experience, evil and power, human responsibility, and ethical concerns do not in fact lapse into subjectivism and fideism.This penetrating study not only builds upon a long tradition of James scholarship but pushes through to new levels of inquiry and insight. It is a major work that will generate renewed discussion of James's thought along with the approaches and concerns emerging from it.Toronto studies in philosophy.ReligionPhilosophyEmpiricismPragmatismElectronic books.ReligionPhilosophy.Empiricism.Pragmatism.210/.92Brown Hunter906413MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456515103321William James on radical empiricism and religion2027019UNINA