Tag: psychology

The Storm Centre: Radical Empiricism and Embodied Phenomenology

This essay explores embodied phenomenology within William James’ radical empiricism, emphasizing consciousness as a dynamic process emerging from the holistic interplay of mind, body, and environment. It critiques traditional subject-object dichotomies, advocating for a view where pure experience is fundamental to understanding lived reality. James’ insights resonate with later phenomenologists like Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty.

The Faculty of Effort: William James and the Speculative Empiricist Attitude Towards Lived Experience and Approach to Philosophy

This essay outlines speculative empiricism, emphasizing experience’s dynamic nature and human self-seeking behavior. William James argues that our identities and achievements are shaped through social interactions and habits. He posits that life should be understood as a process of becoming, with ethical and existential implications rooted in human experiences and creativity.