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  • The Cost of Comfort

    by John Lachs ...
    Series series American Philosophy
    Philosopher John Lachs observes that humans today live lives of comfort but also sees that these comfortable lives come at a cost: our increasing unhappiness. In The Cost of Comfort, Lachs contemplates what humans need in order to live fulfilled lives in today's world. While comfort has not always reached everyone evenly, Lachs acknowledges that most of us who live in the US today reap the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Mind in Nature

    John Dewey, Cognitive Science, and a Naturalistic Philosophy for Living

    A dialogue between contemporary neuroscience and John Dewey’s seminal philosophical work Experience and Nature, exploring how the bodily roots of human meaning, selfhood, and values provide wisdom for living.The intersection of cognitive science and pragmatist philosophy reveals the bodily basis of human meaning, thought, selfhood, and values. John Dewey's revolutionary account of pragmatist ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Types of Thinking Including a Survey of Greek Philosophy

    by John Dewey ...
    A lost series of lectures on the history of philosophy, first delivered in China, now available in English for the first time.This volume reconstructs a series of lectures delivered by John Dewey during his historic trip to China. Though Dewey’s original notes were lost, Prof. Robert W. Clopton and Dr. Tsuin-Chen Ou were able to translate his works as they appeared in Chinese newspapers.Beyond ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • William James, Pragmatism, and American Culture

    Series series American Philosophy
    “Continues and adds to a rich conversation among American philosophers concerning the origins of pragmatism and its possibilities for the future.” —William Gavin, University of Southern MaineWilliam James, Pragmatism, and American Culture focuses on the work of William James and the relationship between the development of pragmatism and its historical, cultural, and political roots in nineteenth ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pragmatism, a New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking

    by William James ...
    "A number of tendencies that have always existed in philosophy have all at once become conscious of themselves collectively, and of their combined mission; and this has occurred in so many countries, and from so many different points of view, that much unconcertedstatement has resulted. I have sought to unify the picture as it presents itself to my own eyes, dealing in broad strokes, and avoiding ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • THINK STRAIGHT

    Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life

    by Darius Foroux ...
    I know something about you without knowing you. I bet you spend A LOT of time in your head. You know, thinking, worrying, stressing, freaking out -- call it whatever you want. I call it a preoccupied mind. And with what?99% of your thoughts are useless.William James, once the leading psychologist in America, and one of the founders of the philosophical school of pragmatism, put it best: "A great ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Much-at-Once

    Music, Science, Ecstasy, the Body

    Series series American Philosophy
    In this capstone work, the late Bruce Wilshire seeks to rediscover the fullness of life in the world by way of a more complete activation of the body’s potentials. Appealing to our powers of hearing and feeling, with a special emphasis on music, he engages a rich array of composers, writers, and thinkers ranging from Beethoven and Mahler to Emerson and William James.Wilshire builds on James’s ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Relevance of Royce

    Series series American Philosophy
    This collection represents the rediscovery of Josiah Royce’s rich legacy that has occurred over the past decade.The first part presents a series of historical explorations. The second takes up practical extensions of Royce’s work, bringing his ideas and methods to bear on contemporary philosophical matters. Among the topics addressed are the paradoxes of individualism; loyalty, democracy, and ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • William James

    Empiricism and Pragmatism

    Translated by Thomas Lamarre ...
    Series series Thought in the Act
    Originally published in French in 1997 and appearing here in English for the first time, David Lapoujade's William James: Empiricism and Pragmatism is both an accessible and rigorous introduction to James's thought and a pioneering rereading of it. Examining pragmatism's fundamental questions through a Deleuzian framework, Lapoujade outlines how James's pragmatism and radical empiricism encompass ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Pragmatist Neurophilosophy: American Philosophy and the Brain

    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in American Philosophy
    Pragmatist Neurophilosophy:American Philosophy and the Brain explains why the broad tradition of pragmatism is needed now more than ever. Bringing pragmatist philosophers together with cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists, this volume explores topics of urgent interest across neuroscience and philosophy from the perspective of pragmatism.Discussing how Charles Peirce, William James, John ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • American Philosophy

    From Wounded Knee to the Present

    American Philosophy offers the first historically framed introduction to the tradition of American philosophy and its contemporary engagement with the world.Born out of the social and political turmoil of the Civil War, American philosophy was a means of dealing with conflict and change. In the turbulence of the 21st century, this remains as relevant as ever. Placing the work of present-day ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Pragmatism - A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking

    by William James ...
    This rare book contains an introduction to William James's ideas of philosophical pragmatism. Written in the highly readable and enjoyable style James is renowned for, this book will appeal not only to philosophy enthusiasts, but also to anyone in love with the possibilities of English prose. This fascinating book elucidates the reasons why students of philosophy are still reading his ideas a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • John Dewey, Liang Shuming, and China's Education Reform

    Cultivating Individuality

    by Huajun Zhang ...
    This book explores the central question of how to cultivate a continued sense of self in the radically changing Chinese society, a question that is highly related to the current ongoing educational reform. If education cannot respond to the problem of students’ disconnection from the changing society, learning cannot truly happen in school and the reform will fail. Zhang suggests a philosophy of ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • A Search for Unity in Diversity

    The 'Permanent Hegelian Deposit' in the Philosophy of John Dewey

    by James A. Good ...
    A Search for Unity in Diversity examines the traditional readings of John Dewey's relationship to Hegel and demonstrates that Dewey's later pragmatism was a development of the historicist/humanistic Hegel, rather than a turning away from Hegelian philosophy. Good argues that Dewey drew upon resources he found in the writings of St. Louis Hegelians to fashion a non-metaphysical reading of Hegel. A ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Lucha: Eterna condición existencial.

    by Don Nieve ...
    (Más allá de la Motivación, de la Autoayuda Positiva, del Estoicismo, y del Nihilismo)La vida es un conjunto de objetivos, metas, estadios. Para alcanzarlos es necesaria la resolución de diversos problemas; siendo necesario un trabajo, un esfuerzo, una motivación, una lucha... LA VIDA ES LUCHA ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Quine and His Place in History

    Series series History of Analytic Philosophy
    Containing three previously unpublished papers by W.V. Quine as well as historical, exegetical, and critical papers by several leading Quine scholars including Hylton, Ebbs, and Ben-Menahem, this volume aims to remedy the comparative lack of historical investigation of Quine and his philosophical context. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Ce que les philosophes disent du vivre-ensemble

    L’essentiel pour un être humain n’est pas d’exister mais de mieux être, et ce, en collaboration avec son prochain, avec lequel il vit. La vie se déploie ainsi comme une communion, un vivre-ensemble, possibles uniquement en projetant la paix au coeur des relations mutuelles. Comment construire cette paix ? A la lumière des écrits de John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx, Axel ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Pragmatism and Naturalism

    Scientific and Social Inquiry After Representationalism

    Most contemporary philosophers would call themselves naturalists, yet there is little consensus on what naturalism entails. Long signifying the notion that science should inform philosophy, debates over naturalism often hinge on how broadly or narrowly the terms nature and science are defined. The founding figures of American Pragmatism—C. S. Peirce (1839–1914), William James (1842–1910), and John ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • How To Analyze People

    by Martin Sutton ...
    How To Analyze PeopleThe Practical Guide With Proven Tricks To Human Psychology, Body Language and How To Read People InstantlyDo you want to learn how to better understand people? Do you want to learn more about analyzing people's behavior or words? Do you want to learn to better understand what people are really saying with their body language? Is there a chance you want to learn more about ... Read more

    $2.95 USD

  • Pragmatic Encounters

    Series series Routledge Studies in American Philosophy
    Richard J. Bernstein is a leading exponent of American pragmatism and one of the foremost philosophers of the twentieth century. In this collection he takes a pragmatic approach to specific problems and issues to demonstrate the ongoing importance of this philosophical tradition. Topics under discussion include multiculturalism, political public life, evil and religion. Individual philosophers ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Truth, Rationality, and Pragmatism

    Themes from Peirce

    Christopher Hookway presents a series of studies of themes from the work of the great American philosopher Charles S. Peirce (1839-1913), often described as the founder of pragmatism. These themes concern how we are able to investigate the world rationally; and, as Hookway shows, the ideas introduced by Peirce can still make fruitful contributions to research in philosophy, logic and semiotics. ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Crux of Perseverance: How to Be Mentally Strong Like Soldiers and Athletes

    by Karma Peters ...
    NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS HANG ON!This book tells you why, pulling back the curtain on the crux of perseverance and explaining in detail everything from apathy and poise to determination and tenacity.For millennia, some people have always received accolades and drawn admiration for their determination, mental fortitude and ability to never, never, never give up…even ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pragmatism

    by William James ...
    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: Philosophy
    A profoundly influential figure in American psychology, William James (1842–1910) was also a philosopher of note who adopted Charles S. Peirce's theories as a basis for his own conception of pragmatism. For James, this meant an emphasis on "radical empiricism" and the concept that the meaning of any idea — philosophical, political, social, or otherwise — has validity only in terms of its ... Read more

    $5.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Full Responsibility

    On Pragmatic, Political, and Other Modes of Sharing Action

    Series series SUNY series in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought
    Starting with an appreciation of the practical realizations that move us to assume responsibility, Full Responsibility develops an ontologically-grounded model of different forms of responsibility and the challenges and fulfillments found in each. Special attention is given to pragmatic and political responsibility, highlighting considerations for right action that are not accurately recognized by ... Read more

    $31.99 USD