I seem to gain the best insight into the ideas of William James when I start by going back to some of his original work in psychology when he was formulating his unique ideas about the stream of consciousness. James looked into his experience and realized, as most of us do, that our experience appears [...]
All posts for the month March, 2010
The Experience Train of William James (Part I)
Posted by Jeff Carreira on March 30, 2010
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2010/03/30/the-experience-train-of-william-james-part-i/
The Emergence of John Dewey
As I think more about the way John Dewey was seeing the world I can only think in terms of emergence. Dewey seemed to see the world emerging constantly as an interconnected whole, not as separate pieces. He saw each moment as the eruption of a total affair, a total event. The world is a [...]
Posted by Jeff Carreira on March 20, 2010
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2010/03/20/the-emergence-of-john-dewey/
Dynamic Engagement with the Universe
I had the pleasure to spend last weekend at a conference dedicated to American philosophy. It was the annual conference of SAAP (The Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.) During the three days I heard some fascinating and illuminating papers read and discussed, all related to topics that we often discuss here on this [...]
Posted by Jeff Carreira on March 17, 2010
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2010/03/17/dynamic-engagement-with-the-universe/
American Romanticism and Andrew Cohen
Now that I have outlined some thoughts about Romanticism I want to go back and explore what I do think that Andrew Cohen might have gotten from William James. I do believe that Andrew Cohen picked up something from his reading of William James, but I don’t believe that you can reasonably place his work [...]
Posted by Jeff Carreira on March 12, 2010
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2010/03/12/american-romanticism-and-andrew-cohen/
From the Enlightenment to the Romantic Revolution
For a time the rationality of the Enlightenment seemed to hail the final triumph of human reason. Soon the laws that operated behind the universe would all be known and humakind would be able to create the future it wanted. At least that is how it seemed for a while. If Copernicus is the most [...]
Posted by Jeff Carreira on March 7, 2010
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2010/03/07/from-the-enlightenment-to-the-romantic-revolution/
From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
The leap that occurred in human consciousness from the time known as The Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightenment is nothing short of miraculous. Imagine being alive during The Middle Ages. Your entire understanding of the world was made up almost exclusively of a combination of Christian Doctrine and superstition. From a modern point [...]
Posted by Jeff Carreira on March 2, 2010
http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2010/03/02/from-the-middle-ages-to-the-enlightenment/
