William James's psychological pragmatism: habit, belief and purposive human behaviour Export

@article{1231, abstract = {Modern institutional economists look to pragmatism for: (1) an evolutionary philosophy of knowledge; and (2) a foundation of a theory of human nature. These two elements are combined in William James, who was both a philosopher of pragmatism and a pioneering experimental psychologist. The author shows first how William James added psychological depth to the pragmatic tradition as it was left by C. S. Peirce, and offers a reconciliation of their respective theories of truth. The second part of the essay explores James's views on psychology, concentrating on the relation to pragmatic philosophy and the question of habit. The last section compares this to human nature as seen in modern evolutionary biology, in brain science and in the philosophy of rationality in the social sciences.}, author = {Lawlor, Michael S. and Anonymous}, citeulike-article-id = {2726821}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://cje.oxfordjournals.org.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au/cgi/content/abstract/30/3/321; 10.1093/cje/bei062}, keywords = {attitudes, belief, file-import-08-04-28, pragmatism, propositional}, pages = {321--345}, posted-at = {2008-04-28 04:34:34}, priority = {2}, title = {William James's psychological pragmatism: habit, belief and purposive human behaviour}, url = {http://cje.oxfordjournals.org.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au/cgi/content/abstract/30/3/321; 10.1093/cje/bei062}, volume = {30} }

TY - JOUR ID - 1231 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2726821 N2 - Modern institutional economists look to pragmatism for: (1) an evolutionary philosophy of knowledge; and (2) a foundation of a theory of human nature. These two elements are combined in William James, who was both a philosopher of pragmatism and a pioneering experimental psychologist. The author shows first how William James added psychological depth to the pragmatic tradition as it was left by C. S. Peirce, and offers a reconciliation of their respective theories of truth. The second part of the essay explores James's views on psychology, concentrating on the relation to pragmatic philosophy and the question of habit. The last section compares this to human nature as seen in modern evolutionary biology, in brain science and in the philosophy of rationality in the social sciences. EP - 345 TI - William James's psychological pragmatism: habit, belief and purposive human behaviour VL - 30 SP - 321 KW - attitudes KW - belief KW - file-import-08-04-28 KW - pragmatism KW - propositional AU - Lawlor, Michael AU - Anonymous UR - http://cje.oxfordjournals.org.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au/cgi/content/abstract/30/3/321; 10.1093/cje/bei062 ER -