دانلود کتاب Pragmatism Applied: William James and the Challenges of Contemporary Life

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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Making Pragmatism Pragmatic
Notes
References
Part 1: Issues: Putting James to Work
Chapter 1 Listening to “the Cries of the Wounded”: Jamesian Reflections on the Impasse over Gun Control
The Problem and the Political Impasse
Jamesian Ethics in Social Inquiry and Reform
Listening to “Gun Guys”: Toward a Pragmatic and Democratic Ideal of Consensus
Notes
References
Chapter 2 Revisiting the Social Value of College Breeding
Introduction
James’s Ideal of Higher Education
Higher Learning in America
Making Docile Workers, Making Productive Citizens
Realizing James’s Ideal, Moving beyond James
Notes
References
Chapter 3 What Makes the Lives of Livestock Significant?
James’s Conflicted Views
The Possibilities of James’s View
References
Chapter 4 Significant Lives and Certain Blindness: William James and the Disability Paradox
Disability and Well-Being
Disability in James’s Experience
Adaptive Preferences, Medical Materialism, and Self-Reports
Significant Lives: Disability and Well-being
The Revelations of Sick Rooms
Notes
References
Chapter 5 Pragmatism and Progress: Has There Been Progress in Race Relations in the United States?
Philip Kitcher: Progress and Pragmatism
Has There Been Progress in Race Relations in the United States?
John Lachs: Progress as Detrimental to the “Active Life” and Meliorism
Pragmatism, Meliorism, Hope
Notes
References
Part 2: Theory: Clearing The Way
Chapter 6 Applying Jamesian Pragmatism to Moral Life: Against “Applied Ethics”
Introduction
What Is Applied Ethics (and Applied Philosophy)?
Deconstructing the Theory-versus-Practice Dichotomy
Monism versus Pluralism—and the Ethical Relevance of Philosophy
Jamesian Pragmatism and Wittgensteinian Moral Philosophy: Some Parallels
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 7 Understanding Experience with William James
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Notes
References
Chapter 8 James and the Minimal Self
The Minimal Self and the Narrative Self
James’s Analyses of the Self
Conclusion
Notes
References
Part 3: Practice: Living With James
Chapter 9 William James and the Woods
Notes
References
Chapter 10 Taking James to Work: Pragmatism for Managers
Introduction
James’s Experiential Pragmatism and Management
Resources for Management Practice in James’s Pragmatism
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 11 Habits in a World of Change
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Notes
References
List of Contributors
Index