Reverence for the relations of life : re-imagining pragmatism via Josiah Royce's interactions with Peirce, James, and Dewey / Frank M. Oppenheim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oppenheim, Frank M., 1925-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatism.

Royce, Josiah, 1855-1916.

Royce, Josiah.

Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914.

Peirce, Charles S.

James, William, 1842-1910.

James, William.

Dewey, John, 1859-1952.

Dewey, John.

Physical Description:

xxi, 498 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2005]

Contents:

Introduction: reverence for the relations of life

Part I: Royce and Peirce

We and Royce meet Charles Peirce

The thought of the late Peirce and Royce : different? alike? both?

Peirce and Royce as prophetic pragmatists

Part II: Royce and James

William James and Josiah Royce

Some radical conflicts between the late Royce and James

Psychological attitudes and some deep philosophical choices

Their late theories of knowledge

James's late metaphysics or philosophy of "radical empiricism"

Royce's late metaphysics

The late pragmatisms of James and Royce

The late ethics of James and Royce

Their late philosophies of religion

Part III: Royce and Dewey

How the lives and thoughts of Royce and Dewey intertwined

Common themes uniting the late Royce and Dewey

Some chief differences of the late Royce and late Dewey

Orientation to religion in the late Royce and late Dewey

Religion in the late Royce and late Dewey

Part IV: Comparative summary

The problem of evil in Peirce, James, Dewey, and especially, Royce

Epilogue: four philosophers' interactions on four central themes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-490) and indexes.

ISBN:

0268040192

OCLC:

56840599