Robert, James, Mary, Alice, June...My mother's voice soared across the brook that separated our yard from the forest. Her singsong refrain traveled over the pines and into whatever thicket we were exploring

Common sense and a sense of #humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds #WilliamJames

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." -William James

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Hi fellow steemers! I know there is some interest here about Panpsychism, which can easily be misunderstood. One of the problems that William James points out--who more or less argued for something like

So for those few following this discussion, we have now seen how William James came to hold his unique view of philosophy and its role in human flourishing. Insofar as James was schooled in

As promised, here is an overview of James's philosophical pragmatism. As I pointed out in S1P2, James had a very interesting upbringing. He would have heard Emerson, Whitman, and Thoreau arguing/discussing

William James had a very interesting childhood. James's father was a somewhat renowned Swedenborgian, a philosophy mixed with Protestant ideology and Greek "muthos"--stories. He had a younger

This is aimed at the philosophers hiding amongst you fellow steemers, as well as though that might be interested in philosophy in general; by way of something we are all already interested in; change!

Good Afternoon All, Here is a taste of one of the legal drama fictions I'm currently penning. I am rewriting the first Unit, as my initial edition was "not up to snuff..." so to speak. Here is