Pragmatism

基本信息

作者: William James

Paperback: 126页

出版社: Dover Publications (1995年6月2日)

语种: English

ISBN: 9780486282701    

产品尺寸及重量: 209 x 132 x 7 (mm)| 142g

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

全书收集了作者1906年在美国波士顿罗威尔研究所和1907年在纽约哥伦比亚大学发表的八篇讲稿，此外，还收集了另外四篇论文。

实用主义（Pragmatism）是从希腊词πραγμα（行动）派生出来的。产生于19世纪70年代的现代哲学派别，在20世纪的美国成为一种主流思潮。对法律、政治、教育、社会、宗教和艺术的研究产生了很大的影响。

实用主义认为，当代哲学划分为两种主要分歧，一种是理性主义者，是唯心的、柔性重感情的、理智的、乐观的、有宗教信仰和相信意志自由的；另一种是经验主义者，是唯物的、刚性不动感情的、凭感觉的、悲观的、无宗教信仰和相信因果关系的。实用主义则是要在上述两者之间找出一条中间道路来，是“经验主义思想方法与人类的比较具有宗教性需要的适当的调和者。”

实用主义者忠于事实，但没有反对神学的观点，如果神学的某些观念证明对具体的生活确有价值，就承认它是真实的。将哲学从抽象的辩论上，降格到更个性主义的地方，但仍然可以保留宗教信仰。承认达尔文，又承认宗教，也不承认是二元论的，即既唯物，又唯心，而是认为自己是多元论的。

A profoundly influential figure in American psychology, William James (1842–1910) was also a philosopher of note, who used Charles S. Peirce's theories of pragmatism as a basis for his own conception of that influential philosophy. 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 experiential and practical consequences.

James propounded his theories of pragmatism in this book, one of the most important in American philosophy. In a sense, he wished to test competing systems of thought in the "marketplace of actual experience" to determine their validity, i.e. whether adopting a particular philosophical theory or way of looking at the world makes an actual difference in individual conduct or in how we perceive and react to the varieties of experience. In these pages, James not only makes a strong case for his own ideas, but mounts a powerful attack against the transcendental and rationalist tradition.

For anyone interested in William James or the history of American philosophical thought, Pragmatism is an essential and thought provoking reference. In this handy, inexpensive edition, it will challenge and stimulate any thinking person.

作者简介

威廉·詹姆斯（1842—1910），美国心理学之父。美国本土第一位哲学家和心理学家，也是教育学家，实用主义的倡导者，美国机能主义心理学派创始人之一，也是美国最早的实验心理学家之一。2006年，詹姆斯被美国的权威期刊《大西洋月刊》评为影响美国的100位人物之一（第62位）。

William James (1842-1910), the father of American psychology, the first American philosopher and psychologist, is also an educator and an advocate of pragmatism. He is one of the founders of the American Functionalist School of Psychology. In 2006, James was named one of the 100 people who influenced the United States by the Atlantic monthly, the leading American journal (No. 62).