Pragmatism applied : William James and the challenges of contemporary life / edited by Clifford S. Stagoll and Michael P. Levine.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Making Pragmatism Pragmatic; Notes; References; Part 1: Issues: Putting James to Work; Chapter 1 Listening to "the Cries of the Wounded": Jamesian Reflections on the Impasse over Gun Control; The Problem and the Political Impasse; Jamesian Ethics in Social Inquiry and Reform; Listening to "Gun Guys": Toward a Pragmatic and Democratic Ideal of Consensus; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Revisiting the Social Value of College Breeding; Introduction; James's Ideal of Higher Education; Higher Learning in America

Making Docile Workers, Making Productive CitizensRealizing James's Ideal, Moving beyond James; Notes; References; Chapter 3 What Makes the Lives of Livestock Significant?; James's Conflicted Views; The Possibilities of James's View; References; Chapter 4 Significant Lives and Certain Blindness: William James and the Disability Paradox; Disability and Well-Being; Disability in James's Experience; Adaptive Preferences, Medical Materialism, and Self-Reports; Significant Lives: Disability and Well-being; The Revelations of Sick Rooms; Notes; References

Chapter 5 Pragmatism and Progress: Has There Been Progress in Race Relations in the United States?Philip Kitcher: Progress and Pragmatism; Has There Been Progress in Race Relations in the United States?; John Lachs: Progress as Detrimental to the "Active Life" and Meliorism; Pragmatism, Meliorism, Hope; Notes; References; Part 2: Theory: Clearing The Way; Chapter 6 Applying Jamesian Pragmatism to Moral Life: Against "Applied Ethics"; Introduction; What Is Applied Ethics (and Applied Philosophy)?; Deconstructing the Theory-versus-Practice Dichotomy

Monism versus Pluralism-and the Ethical Relevance of PhilosophyJamesian Pragmatism and Wittgensteinian Moral Philosophy: Some Parallels; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 7 Understanding Experience with William James; I; II; III; Notes; References; Chapter 8 James and the Minimal Self; The Minimal Self and the Narrative Self; James's Analyses of the Self; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part 3: Practice: Living With James; Chapter 9 William James and the Woods; Notes; References; Chapter 10 Taking James to Work: Pragmatism for Managers; Introduction

James's Experiential Pragmatism and ManagementResources for Management Practice in James's Pragmatism; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 11 Habits in a World of Change; I; II; III; Notes; References; List of Contributors; Index

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