90. Review: The Essential William James edited by John R. Shook

In this episode I look at a few of William James' early essays What Is an Emotion? and The Function of Cognition, and I make a particular examination of his essay The Dilemma of Determinism.

[@gervazejoseph9586]

I came across this just moments ago and thought, how nice! 'Rather unusual to some across anything on William James but amidst the untold number of other presentations featured on TH-cam, I suppose that a moment dedicated to him should not prove all that unusual. I always enjoyed reading the Essay, personal and impersonal, with special preferences for the 18th- and 19th Century British and American writers. To this end, I was always smitten by William James' 1903 piece titled The Ph.D. Octopus.

[@natureandthenation]

I have that PhD Octopus essay, but haven't read it yet. I am very interested in Pragmatism and have looked at a few of his other writings in previous episodes. There is more to come on James and Dewey as well. Thanks for listening!