No Professor''s Lectures Can Save Us - William James''s Pragmatism, Radical Empiricism, and Pluralism

In No Professor's Lectures Can Save Us, John J. Stuhr utilizes the thought of American philosopher and psychologist William James to develop an original world view that addresses both enduring philosophical problems and contemporary cultural issues.

List of contents

• Acknowledgments


• Abbreviations of The Works of William James


• Introduction


• Chapter 1: Possibilities, Faith, and Action: Redeeming the Wild Universe through The Will to Believe


• Chapter 2: Avoiding Old-Fogeyism: Plasticity, Habits of Genius, and Acts of Greatness


• Chapter 3: More Inclusive Ideals: Ethical Lives After Old-Fashioned Moral Philosophy


• Chapter 4: The Political Philosopher and the Political Life


• Chapter 5: The Temperament of Pragmatism


• Chapter 6: Everything Here Is Plastic: Radical Empiricism and Worlds of Relations


• Chapter 7: Pluralism Unconcluded


• Works Cited


• Index

About the author

John J. Stuhr is Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and American Studies at Emory University. He has held faculty positions at Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania State University, University of Oregon, and Whitman College and visiting appointments in Freiburg, Germany and Melbourne, Australia. Specializing in 19th- and 20th-century American and European philosophy, ethics, and politics, he is the author or editor of a dozen books and over 100 scholarly articles and book chapters. He is Editor of the Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Series Editor of American Philosophy, and Founding Director of the American Philosophies Forum.

Summary

In No Professor's Lectures Can Save Us, John J. Stuhr utilizes the thought of American philosopher and psychologist William James to develop an original world view that addresses both enduring philosophical problems and contemporary cultural issues.

Additional text

The book is written in a way that reflects the richness and interconnectedness of James' philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: John J. Stuhr, John J. (Arts and Sciences Distinguished Pr Stuhr, John J. (Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and American Studies Stuhr, Stuhr John J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780197664636
• ISBN: 978-0-19-766463-6
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Philosophy of Language, History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800