内容简介
ThiscollectiondefiningdocumentsfromoneofAmerica'smostinfluentialthinkerspresentsPragmatisminitsentirety,James'sseminalsetoflecturesinwhichhearguesinhiswittyandlimpidstyleforthe"reasonablenessofordinaryexperience."AlsogatheredhereareselectionsfromJames'sotherformativeworks,includingTheMeaningofTruth,Psychology,TheWilltoBelieve,andTalkstoTeachersonPsychology.
作者简介
OlderbrotherofnovelistHenryJames,WilliamJames(1842-1910)wasaphilosopher,psychologist,physiologist,andprofessoratHarvard.Jameshasinfluencedsuchtwentieth-centurythinkersasRichardRorty,JurgenHabermans,MichelFoucault,andJuliaKristeva.
MartinMarty,oneoftoday’smostrespectedtheologians,isprofessoremeritusattheUniversityofChicago,wheretheMartinMartyCenterhasbeenfoundedtopromotepublicreligionendeavors.HismorethanfiftybooksincludeModernAmericanReligion.HeisawinneroftheNationalBookAwardandwasthefirstreligionscholartoreceivetheNationalHumanitiesMedal.
MartinMarty,oneoftoday’smostrespectedtheologians,isprofessoremeritusattheUniversityofChicago,wheretheMartinMartyCenterhasbeenfoundedtopromotepublicreligionendeavors.HismorethanfiftybooksincludeModernAmericanReligion.HeisawinneroftheNationalBookAwardandwasthefirstreligionscholartoreceivetheNationalHumanitiesMedal.