William James’s Pragmatism
Ethics and The Individualism of Others
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13002109 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heidi White (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2036-4091 • E-ISSN: 2036-4091 |
| Publisher | Associazione Pragma (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejpap.941 |
| OpenAlex | W2738452294 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
In his popular lecture “On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings” (1899), William James considers the lack of awareness that we often have toward the insights of other people. “There is no point of view absolutely public and universal,” he says, and “even prisons and sick-rooms have their special revelations.” While every observer “gains a partial superiority of insight from the peculiar position in which he stands,” the stubborn fact, according to James, is that “neither the whole of truth nor
Epistemology · Pragmatism · Educational Philosophies and Pedagogies · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |