William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience

20th Century Thinkers, Responses to the Problem of Evil & the Problem of Pain

American philosopher and psychologist William James (1842–1910) is regarded as one of the founders of functional psychology, which evaluates mental life and behavior in terms of active adaptation to a person’s environment. Together with Charles Sanders Peirce, James also established the philosophical school known as pragmatism, which holds that most philosophical topics should be judged according to […]

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