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“The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.”

Quote by William James

Book:Radical Empiricism: Human Understanding

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Radical Empiricism: Human Understanding

This book delves into the philosophical theory of radical empiricism, examining its core principles and their relevance to how humans perceive and interpret the world around them. more

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William James, born on January 11, 1842, and died on August 26, 1910, was an influential American philosopher, psychologist, and writer. He is considered one of the founders of functionalism in psychology and has had a profound impact on the fields of psychology, philosophy, and religion. more

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Book:Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (New Thought Edition - Secret Library)

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“Neither moral relations nor the moral law can swing in vacuo. Their only habitat can be a mind which feels them; and no world composed of merely physical facts can possibly be a world to which ethical propositions apply.”

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Source: William James: Essays and Lectures

“The subjectivist in morals, when his moral feelings are at war with the facts about him, is always free to seek harmony by toningdown the sensitiveness of the feelings.”

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“... religious experience, as we have studied it, cannot be cited as unequivocally supporting the infinitist belief. The only thingthat it unequivocally testifies to is that we can experience union with something larger than ourselves and in that union find our greatest peace.”

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Source: Writings, 1902-1910

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Source: Essays, Comments, and Reviews

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Book:The William James Reader

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Source: Writings, 1902-1910