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9%OFFHunter Brown - William James On Radical Empiricism and Religion - 9781442614901 - V9781442614901
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William James On Radical Empiricism and Religion

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Description for William James On Radical Empiricism and Religion paperback. Hunter Brown shows that Henry James's views of religious experience do not in fact lapse into subjectivismor fideism that critics have accused him of but occasions hardships and self-sacrifice which James describes. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 500.

A century after the appearance of his famous works on religion, William James's philosophy of religion is still the subject of lively debate. James's numerous opponents have repeatedly charged him with abdication of intellectual responsibility, arguing that he advocated the adoption of religious belief without conclusive evidence on its behalf. In this book Hunter Brown shows that critics have consistently distorted James's view in the process of arriving at such charges.

The central argument presented here is that critics have failed to look at James's philosophical vision as a whole. This failure is addressed by Brown as he locates James's ... Read more

This penetrating study not only builds upon a long tradition of James scholarship but pushes through to new levels of inquiry and insight. It is a major work that will generate renewed discussion of James's thought along with the approaches and concerns emerging from it.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442614901
SKU
V9781442614901
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About Hunter Brown
Hunter Brown is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, King's College, University of Western Ontario.

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