Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Living and Thinking

I have been reading books on American Pragmatism, a biography about William James (1840-1910), and five lectures/essays by William James.  


My current reading includes:

The American Pragmatists.  By Cheryl Misak.  Oxford University Press, 2013.  Index, bibliography, 286 pages.  VSCL.  The thorough and informative summary of key pragmatist thinkers in America. 

Maps of the Mind: Charts and Concepts of the Mind and Its Labyrinths.  By Charles Hampden-Turner.  Collier, 1981, index, 224 pages. VSCL.  An excellent overview of modern theories about our minds, consciousness, and its biological foundation. 

Ars Vitae: The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Living.  By Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn.  University of Notre Dame Press, 2020, index, bibliography, 432 pages.  VSCL.  Hellenistic thinkers applied to modern concerns.  

Genuine Reality: A Life of William James (1840-1910).  By Linda Simon.  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998, index, bibliography, notes, 496 pages.  VSCL. 

Pragmatism, Old And New: Selected Writings  Edited by Susan Haack, with associate editor Robert Lane.  Amherst, New York, Prometheus Books, 2006.  Glossary, index, 741 pages.  Subjects:  Pragmatism, Philosophy, Neopragmatism, American Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Belief, Usefulness, Action.  VSCL.  Includes five essays/lectures by William James.  

Pragmatism and American Philosophy









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