William James and the Metaphysics of Experience
David C. Lamberth
This book offers a new perspective on the philosopher, psychologist, and religious thinker William James. Using biographical materials, manuscripts, and analysis, the author develops the first systematic reading of James' world-view of radical empiricism, which sought to take concrete, immediate experience as the basis for understanding the world. The book offers close readings of key works by James. Lamberth argues that religion and philosophy themselves are intimately related conceptually for James; and concludes by relating James' conceptions to present debates concerning truth, religious experience, and theological understandings of the divine.
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Year:
1999
Edition:
1
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Language:
english
Pages:
270
ISBN 10:
0521108977
ISBN 13:
9780521108973
Series:
Cambridge Studies in Religion and Critical Thought
File:
PDF, 2.22 MB
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english, 1999