by William James (Author)
William James's Essays in Radical Empiricism is a central work of American pragmatist philosophy, arguing that experience itself is richer, more immediate, and more relational than traditional systems of thought allow. James challenges the separation between mind and world, subject and object, thought and thing, insisting that relations, transitions, continuities, and felt connections are not additions imposed upon experience, but part of experience from the beginning. The result is one of his most important philosophical statements: a bold attempt to ground knowledge, reality, and consciousness in the living texture of experience itself.
Published posthumously in 1912, Essays in Radical Empiricism gathers James's mature reflections on empiricism, pragmatism, consciousness, knowledge, and metaphysics. Closely related to Pragmatism, The Meaning of Truth, A Pluralistic Universe, and The Varieties of Religious Experience, this volume remains essential for readers interested in American philosophy, philosophy of mind, epistemology, metaphysics, pragmatism, empiricism, and the intellectual history of modern thought. It is a serious philosophical work, but also a distinctly Jamesian one: lucid, restless, humane, and determined to return philosophy to the immediacy of lived experience.
Number of Pages: 100
Dimensions: 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: April 03, 2018
