A Pluralistic Universe: Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1916. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Item #2353042
4th printing. Ink underlining and marginalia, ink name and pencil name on front endpapers, indicating this owned by a member of Brook Farm, a utopian community in Massachusetts ('J. Rothschild of Brook Farm' / 'Paul J.W. Pigors, 1922'), who is probably the source of the underlining and marginalia. Binding tight and square.
vi, [1], 404, [1] pp. Olive cloth, paper spine label. James argues against monism (the idea that reality is a single, unified whole) and advocates for a "multi-verse" of multiple, distinct realities that exist simultaneously. Originally delivered as lectures at Oxford, the book critiques dominant philosophies like Hegelianism and explores radical empiricism, emphasizing the importance of individual experience, consciousness, and the "manyness" of the world. James argues for a more inclusive worldview that recognizes the diversity of human experience and the limitations of any single perspective, drawing on thinkers like Henri Bergson and Alfred North Whitehead. Ultimately he concludes that multiple perspectives and interpretations are necessary to understand the world and our place in it.
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