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| ISBN: | 025300795X
9780253007957
1283869918
9781283869911
9780253007865
0253007860
9780253007926
0253007925
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | William James (1842-1910) is a canonical figure of American pragmatism. Trained as a medical doctor, James was more engaged by psychology and philosophy and wrote a foundational text, Pragmatism, for this characteristically American way of thinking. Distilling the main currents of James's thought, William J. Gavin focuses on ""latent"" and ""manifest"" ideas in James to disclose the notion of ""will to believe, "" which courses through his work. For students who may be approaching James for the first time and for specialists who may not know James as deeply as they wish, Gavin provides a cle.
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| Other form: | Print version: Gavin, W.J. (William J.), 1943- William James in focus. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2013 9780253007865 0253007860
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