A Stroll With William James
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Analyzes the philosophical and psychological theories of William James and examines their contributions to the present state of Western civilization
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In my college days, it seemed that everyone was carrying around a copy of Barzun’s book on Darwin, Marx, and Wagner, and I remember devouring his two-volume book on Berlioz and the Romantic Century, just for fun. When I began to seriously study William James, I was amazed to see that Barzun had written about him too. A Stroll with William James has one of my favorite titles, signifying a certain American informality and inherent movement that is characteristic of both James the man and his philosophy of pragmatism.
Barzun’s engagingly written book contains chapters on James’s life, his relation…
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