William James's pluralism : an antidote for contemporary extremism and absolutism /: an antidote for contemporary extremism and absolutism. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Wayne Viney.
• Authors: Viney, Wayne
• Contents: Preface Acknowledgments 1 The Most Pregnant of All the Dilemmas of Philosophy Some Characteristics of Monism Some Characteristics of Pluralism Understanding Singularity Understanding the Drive toward Pluralism The Way Forward Notes 2 William James and the Tensions between the One and the Many Family Background Quest for a Career James the Academic Who Was William James? Experience Reality Time Individualism Pragmatism Radical Empiricism The Man Notes 3 Moral Monism and Pluralism Abortion Birth Control Death with Dignity A Culture of Life; a Culture of Death Notes 4 Methodological Singularities Religious Singularities Critique of Religious Literalism as the Single Pathway to All Truth Science as the Singular Pathway to Genuine Knowledge Critique of Claims That Science Is the Singular Source of Truth Singular Methodologies in Political Systems Dangers of Singularities in Political Systems The Pluralistic Alternative Clash of Methodologies Notes 5 The Single Cause: God, Free Will, and the Reflex God Alone Critique of Theological Determinism Free Will Critique of Free Will as a Singular Explanation The Reflex Critique of Reflexology Critique of Monistic Theories of Causality Notes 6 Ontological Monism and Pluralism Materialism Mechanistic Materialism Emergent or Radical Materialism Gestalt Psychology Idealism James’s Ontology Notes 7 James Quarrels with Monism as He Embraces Pluralism James’s Temperamental Affinities with Pluralism Intellectualist Origins of Monism Absolutism Intimacy Rigid Orthodoxies and Untenable Combinations Problem of Evil Determinism and Fatalism Monism Fails to Fit with Human Experience Monism and the Collapse of Time The Pluralistic Alternative Notes Bibliography Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 147.4; Pluralism; Ethical absolutism; Radicalism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000587203; 9781000587166; 9781003276715
• Related ISBNs: 9781032233116; 9781032228464
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