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Clark, Gordon Haddon

William James and John Dewey / Gordon H. Clark - Second edition - viii, 149 pages ; 21 cm

Combined ed. of earlier works, c1960 and c1963

I. William James -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The philosophic background -- 3. A pluralistic universe -- Monistic idealism -- Hegel and his method -- The compounding of consciousness -- Conclusions -- 4. Pragmatism -- What pragmatism means -- Some metaphysical problems -- Pragmatism and common sense -- Pragmatism's conception of truth -- Pragmatism and religion -- Concluding criticisms II. John Dewey -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Science -- 3. Ethics -- Sampling of opinions -- The place of ethics in pragmatism -- Pragmatic flux in ethics -- values -- Casual enjoyments -- Intrinsic quality -- Certainty or security -- De Jure value -- Evil ideals -- Specifications -- Political implications -- Disagreement on murder -- Is life worth living? -- Concluding criticism -- 4. Logic -- Instrumentalism -- Behaviorism -- Formal logic -- Existential import -- The law of contradiction

ISBN: 0940931435 9780940931435

Subjects--Personal Names:
James, William, 1842-1910
Dewey, John, 1859-1952

LC Class. No.: B945.J24 / C55 1995

Dewey Class. No.: 191 / C592W