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April 6, 2023
On sick souls and healthy minds.
How William James Can Save Your Life
William James, thinker and writer, was known widely in the nineteenth century as the adorable genius who invented American pragmatism. He was a brain scientist, student of war and religion, a philosopher who can feel like a very lively presence in the shadows of our condition, whatever we call it.
John Kaag.
In the 2020s, the philosopher John Kaag is our guest to enlist William James in a sort of quest for insight and healing in a divided nation. His books on William James include Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life.
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John Kaag
Professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
Professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
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