Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-154) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : William James, functional psychology, and radical empiricism -- Does 'consciousness' exist? -- A world of pure experience -- The thing and its relations -- How two minds can know one thing -- The place of affectional facts in a world of pure experience -- The experience of activity -- The essence of humanism -- La notion de conscience -- Is radical empiricism solipsistic? -- Mr. Pitkin's refutation of 'radical empiricism' -- Humanism and truth once more -- Absolutism and empiricism.
Summary:
"This new critical edition is an examination of William James's Essays in Radical Empiricism in light of the scientific naturalism prominent in James's Principles of Psychology (1890) and the subsequent development of Darwinian, functional psychology and functionalism in psychology, the philosophy psychology and the philosophy of mind"-- Provided by publisher
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