The Unifying Moment : The Psychological Philosophy of William James and Alfred North Whitehead / Craig R. Eisendrath.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eisendrath, Craig R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognition.

Philosophie.

Psychologie.

James, William, 1842-1910.

Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947.

Local Subjects:

Cognition.

James, William, 1842-1910.

Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2013

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Craig Eisendrath reinterprets and unifies the writings of the late-nineteenth-century psychologist William James and the twentieth-century philosopher Alfred North Whitehead. James's psychology achieves greater depth by its grounding in philosophic doctrine, and Whitehead's abstract and frequently abstruse philosophy gains greater specificity through the concrete illustrations provided by a wealth of psychological evidence. The result is an extension of James and an exegesis of Whitehead. The merging of James's theory of will and Whitehead's theory of concrescence and organism is the central pivot of the book. Eisendrath discusses as well the philosophical traditions behind both men and analyzes their theories on perception, time, space, causality, the nature and role of ideas, the laws of nature, God and civilization.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter I. The Knowing of Things Together

Chapter II. Causality, Perception, and Self

Chapter III. Organic Purpose

Chapter IV. Concepts and Conceptual Operations

Chapter V. The Larger Relations

Conclusion

Abbreviations Used in the Notes

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-33095-1

OCLC:

1013944863