The Present Conflict of Ideals ; a Study of the Philosophical Background of the World War
- 294 pages
- 11 hours of reading
An American philosopher and pupil of William James, this thinker became a leader of the New Realism movement. He championed a naturalistic theory of value and a New Realist approach to perception and knowledge. He later diverged from moral and spiritual ontology, embracing a philosophy of disillusionment. A proponent of militant democracy, described as 'total but not totalitarian,' his influential work includes a celebrated biography of William James and his Gifford Lectures.
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