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William James (1842-1910) influenced the American intellectual history of the second half of the xix century and the beginning of the xx in various fields, due to his activity as a writer, a teacher and experimentalist.William James was a participant in the germinal, legendary meetings of the “Meta...

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Hovedforfatter: Pires, Edmundo Balsemão
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprog:Anglais
Udgivet: European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 2017
Online adgang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:William James (1842-1910) influenced the American intellectual history of the second half of the xix century and the beginning of the xx in various fields, due to his activity as a writer, a teacher and experimentalist.William James was a participant in the germinal, legendary meetings of the “Metaphysical Club,” in 1872, together with C. S. Peirce, Chauncey Wright, O. W. Holmes Jr., and others, in conversations that would lead to the first formulas, close to the future “pragmatism,” regardi...