New PDF release: James and Dewey on Belief and Experience

By Donald Capps,John M. Capps

Donald Capps and John Capps's James and Dewey on trust and adventure juxtaposes the main writings of 2 philosophical superstars. As fathers of Pragmatism, America's precise contribution to international philosophy, their paintings has been vastly influential, and continues to be necessary to any realizing of yank highbrow historical past. _x000B__x000B_In those essays, you will discover William James deeply embroiled in debates among faith and technology. Combining philosophical charity with logical readability, he defended the validity of non secular adventure opposed to crass kinds of scientism. Dewey pointed out the myriad ways that supernatural matters distract non secular adherents from urgent social issues, and sought to reconcile the tensions inherent in science's twin include of good judgment and the aesthetic._x000B_ _x000B_James and Dewey on trust and event is split into sections: the previous showcases James, the latter is dedicated to Dewey. transitional passages during which each one displays at the paintings of the opposite bridge those major segments. jointly, the sections supply a distinct standpoint at the philosophers' complicated courting of impression and interdependence. An editors' advent presents biographical information regarding either males, an summary in their respective philosophical orientations, a dialogue of the editorial method, and a quick observation on all the selections._x000B__x000B_Comparing what those superior pragmatists wrote on either issues illumines their universal convictions in regards to the nature of philosophical inquiry and at the same time unearths what made each one a particular thinker.

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