William James's "Springs of Delight": The Return to LifeVanderbilt University Press, 2001 - 256 páginas Moreover, Oliver argues, Jamesian transcendence is relevant to current questions in cognitive science and the emerging ecological, computer, and cyber worlds." "Jamesian transcendence, according to Oliver, seeks to reconcile individual growth with social responsibility. In this age of impersonal information, it invites us all to embrace our own enthusiasms, or "delights," as the surest sources of personal happiness, mutual regard, and depth of experience."--BOOK JACKET. |
Índice
The Glimmer and Twinkle of Jamesian I | 1 |
Taking Subjectivity Seriously | 36 |
Blindness and Optimism | 60 |
Pure Experience | 79 |
Pursuing Happiness ΙΟΙ | 101 |
Futures | 154 |
Abbreviations | 210 |
Bibliography | 238 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
A. N. Wilson Annie Dillard appreciation attitude believe biological brain called claim concept consciousness culture Daniel Dennett Darwin's Dangerous Idea Dennett Dillard's dreams Emerson Emersonian empiricist ence eternity evolution evolutionary experienced fact feeling future Gatsby genes George Santayana GLIMMER AND TWINKLE hope human Ibid idea ideal imagination important individual inner insist intellectual Jamesian transcendence John John Dewey John Searle kind lives means melioristic memes mental metaphysical mind moral mysterian mystery mystic naturalist nature ness objective one's optimism ourselves perception personal transcendence philosophical poet possible pragmatic pragmatists present pure experience PURSUING HAPPINESS radical empiricism radical empiricist reality relations religion religious experience rience Santayana seems sense simply social spiritual SPRINGS OF DELIGHT Steven Pinker supernatural TAKING SUBJECTIVITY SERIOUSLY talk things thought tion tive truth understanding University Press Varieties vision Whitman WILLIAM JAMES'S SPRINGS words Writings York