Transforming One's Self : The Therapeutic Ethical Pragmatism of William James.
A fresh and rigorous interpretation of William James's ethical theory, showing how experimenting with life's opportunities can transform one's self and life.
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
2023.
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| Edice: | SUNY Series in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought Series.
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| On-line přístup: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3469385 |
Obsah:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: William James's Ethics in the Pragmatist Tradition
- Pragmatism's Contested History
- James's Pragmatism as Applied Philosophy
- Hidden in Plain View: Uncovering James's Ethics of Self-Transformation
- Chapter 1. Locating James's Therapeutic Project
- An Ethics of and for Its Time
- Ethics Reconsidered
- Life, Character, and Experimentation
- Chapter 2. Uncovering Life's Potential: Relational Experience
- Experience and Ethics
- Theorizing Experience: Radical Empiricism
- Experience Conceived Relationally
- The Field of Consciousness
- Chapter 3. Defining Life's Potential: The Self-Transforming Self
- Self as Relational Product
- The Self-Transformative Project
- Interests and Self-Transformation
- Chapter 4. Realizing Life's Potential: An Ethics of Habit and Creative Willing
- The Habitual Self
- Habituating Destiny: Self-Transformation and Willing
- Living Willfully: Discipline, Effort, and Self-Transformation
- Conclusion: Recovering James's Therapeutic Ethics
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index