Some Problems of Philosophy

William James (1842 - 1910)

For several years before his death Professor William James cherished the purpose of stating his views on certain problems of metaphysics in a book addressed particularly to readers of philosophy. He began the actual writing of this 'introductory text-book for students in metaphysics,' as he once called it, in March, 1909, and to complete it was at last his dearest ambition. But illness, and other demands on his diminished strength, continued to interfere, and what is now published is all that he had succeeded in writing when he died in August, 1910. - Summary by Henry James, Jr.

Genre(s): Philosophy

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter I - Philosophy and Its Critics P. J. Taylor
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Play 02 Chapter II - The Problems of Metaphysics P. J. Taylor
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Play 03 Chapter III - The Problem of Being P. J. Taylor
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Play 04 Chapter IV - Percept and Concept - The Import of Concepts P. J. Taylor
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Play 05 Chapter V - Percept and Concept - The Abuse of Concepts P. J. Taylor
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Play 06 Chapter VI - Percept and Concept - Some Corollaries P. J. Taylor
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Play 07 Chapter VII - The One and the Many P. J. Taylor
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Play 08 Chapter VIII - The One and the Many (Continued) - Values and Defects P. J. Taylor
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Play 09 Chapter IX - The Problem of Novelty P. J. Taylor
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Play 10 Chapter X - Novelty and the Infinite - The Conceptual View P. J. Taylor
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Play 11 Chapter XI - Novelty and the Infinite - The Perceptual View P. J. Taylor
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Play 12 Chapter XII - Novelty and Causation - The Conceptual View P. J. Taylor
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Play 13 Chapter XIII - Novelty and Causation - The Perceptual View P. J. Taylor
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Play 14 Appendix - Faith and the Right to Believe P. J. Taylor
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