From my reading of William James I believe that his moral attitude, stemming from his insistence that ideas and actions are intimately connected, might be the most unique and significant thing that Andrew Cohen picked up from reading “The Varieties of Religious Experience” as a teenager in the midst of a spontaneous spiritual awakening. The [...]
All posts for the month February, 2010
What Andrew Cohen may have gotten from William James
Posted by Jeff Carreira on February 26, 2010
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2010/02/26/what-andrew-cohen-may-have-gotten-from-william-james/
Truth, Knowing and Human Activity according to William James
William James tied the expereince of knowing directly to human activity. His version of Pragmatism was largely based on this “integral” (if I may use the term so loosely) connection between mind and matter. In some of James’ writing he draws out in detail exactly his view of knowing. Before I try to spell out [...]
Posted by Jeff Carreira on February 21, 2010
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2010/02/21/truth-knowing-and-human-activity-according-to-william-james/
Plato, Aristotle and William James
Before continuing to examine the ideas of William James lets look at the origins of metaphysical dualisms in Western thought by comparing the two big thinkers of ancient Greece, Plato and Aristotle. Plato was in some ways the original metaphysical dualist in Western thinking. His philosophy was based on the fundamentals conception of ideal form [...]
Posted by Jeff Carreira on February 15, 2010
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2010/02/15/plato-aristotle-and-william-james/
The Self-consciousness flow of William James
To understand the thinking of William James I have tried to see the world as I believe he saw it – as one continuous unfolding flow. In my own contemplation of James I have followed a line of thought that mirrors in some ways hiw own development from a psychologist to a philosopher. James’ philosophic [...]
Posted by Jeff Carreira on February 11, 2010
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2010/02/11/the-self-consciousness-flow-of-william-james/
Cosmic Consciousness, William James and Andrew Cohen
Andrew Cohen’s spiritual life began at the age of 16 when he experienced a spiritual experience spontaneously during a conversation with his mother. He later described that during this experience he was “completely overwhelmed and intoxicated by Love and struck by a sense of awe and wonder that was impossible to describe.” From that revelation [...]
Posted by Jeff Carreira on February 6, 2010
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2010/02/06/cosmic-consciousness-william-james-and-andrew-cohen/
Evolution and Andrew Cohen
Evolutionary Enlightenment is the spiritual teaching that has been developed by Andrew Cohen over more than two decades. That teaching has grown to include an evolutionary cosmology that very closely resembles that held collectively by the American Pragmatists, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James and John Dewey. Did Andrew Cohen get his evolutionary view from these [...]
Posted by Jeff Carreira on February 2, 2010
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2010/02/02/evolution-and-andrew-cohen/
