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Monday, September 29, 2025

Russell vs American philosophers and the attack on truth | John Kaag » IAI TV

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Let's get something very clear straight away: James never claimed that truth was a matter of mere convenience or momentary utility.  Joh...
Sunday, September 21, 2025

John Kaag: “James says, no, reality always outstrips the descriptions of it — and that’s for the best.”

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NYTimes: Psychedelics Blew His Mind. He Wants Other Philosophers to Open Theirs. "The findings of psychedelics wouldn't have surpri...

Meliorist reading list

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"I was looking for books that offer good, practical ideas on how to make the world a better place" https://fivebooks.com/best-...
Saturday, September 20, 2025

William James Society newsletter, Fall '25: message from the president

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  LISTEN Autumnal season's greetings, fellow friends of William James.  I first began to think of WJ in casually-friendly terms back in ...
Monday, September 15, 2025

I am an American Philosopher: Bryan Norton

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  What does American philosophy mean to you? For me, American philosophy means pragmatism and all the influences on it, and especially its m...
Saturday, September 6, 2025

Pragmatism- 5 books

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"Peirce is cited and recognized as the founder of pragmatism. He's the one who coins the term and spends his career, in a way, tryi...
Monday, August 25, 2025

The experience of perspective

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James's philosophy of experience offers us a different way to understand philosophy, one grounded in perspective.  "However sceptic...
Sunday, August 24, 2025

"Doing and creating and suffering"

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A slightly different take on WJ's youthful commitment to free will- "Set in the biographical context of James’s back pain and ment...
Friday, August 22, 2025

"William James, MD: Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician"

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"James was awarded his MD from Harvard Medical School in March 1869, after more than five years of interrupted study. This certificate ...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

William James and I went to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field

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 It was a nice dream. We didn't care if we ever got back. "When my revered friend and teacher  William James  wrote an essay on “ A...