Book contents
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- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 The Problem of Pluralism(s)
- Chapter 2 Pluralism(s) in Contemporary Psychology
- Chapter 3 “Pluralism” and Related Terms in the Broader Context of James’s Life and Writing
- Chapter 4 A Systematic Analysis of James’s Pluralism(s)
- Chapter 5 Implications of Pluralism for Contemporary Psychology
- Chapter 6 Concluding Remarks
- References
- Index
Chapter 4 - A Systematic Analysis of James’s Pluralism(s)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 June 2023
- Ever Not Quite
- Ever Not Quite
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 The Problem of Pluralism(s)
- Chapter 2 Pluralism(s) in Contemporary Psychology
- Chapter 3 “Pluralism” and Related Terms in the Broader Context of James’s Life and Writing
- Chapter 4 A Systematic Analysis of James’s Pluralism(s)
- Chapter 5 Implications of Pluralism for Contemporary Psychology
- Chapter 6 Concluding Remarks
- References
- Index
Summary
In Chapter 3, we tracked James’s references to “pluralism” across the course of his writing and correspondence. Doing so, we saw that James developed his pluralistic philosophy from his early essays in the 1880s through his psychological explorations in the Principles and Varieties and then into his most mature contributions. We believe that this developmental “tracking” is highly informative. By following his uses of “pluralism” in this way, noting where it appears, the intended purposes for which it is employed, and especially the terms with which it is associated and those with which it contrasts, it becomes clear that “pluralism” is a very complex notion or set of notions, acquiring subtly different meanings in different contexts.
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- Ever Not QuitePluralism(s) in William James and Contemporary Psychology, pp. 76 - 120Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023