Christoph Seibert

English summary: William James (1842-1910) was one of the founders of the philosophy of pragmatism. Christoph Seibert deals with his philosophy of religion and interprets it within the context of his psychology, radical empiricism and theory of truth. The central idea behind the interpretation is the development of James' thinking as a struggle for an adequate understanding of the concrete conditions and challenges of human actions. It is the author's theory that this is expressed very succinctly in the way he deals with the phenomenon of religion. In the course of his study, the author shows how inappropriate it is to classify James' philosophy as subjectivist, antimetaphysical or constructivist and describes clearly the inherent problems and the potential of his position in the modern discourse on the philosophy of religion. German description: William James (1842-1910) gehort zu den Grundervatern der Philosophie des Pragmatismus. Christoph Seibert widmet sich seiner Religionsphilosophie und interpretiert sie im Kontext seiner Psychologie, radikal empiristischen Realitatsauffassung und Wahrheitstheorie. Die Leitidee der Interpretation besteht darin, James' Denkentwicklung als fortwahrendes Ringen um ein angemessenes Verstandnis der konkreten Bedingungen und Herausforderungen menschlicher Handlungspraxis zu deuten. Dabei wird die These entwickelt, dass dieses Anliegen in seinem Umgang mit der Religionsthematik in besonderer Pragnanz zum Ausdruck kommt. Im Zuge dessen zeigt sich nicht nur die Unangemessenheit beliebter Klassifizierungen der jamesschen Philosophie als subjektivistisch, antimetaphysisch oder konstruktivistisch, sondern es werden auch die inharenten Probleme und Potentiale deutlich, die seiner Position im religionsphilosophischen Diskurs der Moderne eignen.

eine Interpretation seiner Philosophie

Religion im Denken von William James

Christian Polke

Josiah Royce was undoubtedly one of the most interesting thinkers of classical American philosophy in the transition from the 19th to the 20th century. His works cover a wide range of subjects from psychology and issues of social philosophy to metaphysics. Surrounded by philosophers such as William James or Charles Sanders Peirce, Royce developed a concept of pragmatism which he himself called "absolute pragmatism" and which was centred around a theory of community. The essays in this edited volume deal with this pragmatistic approach in his work and discuss it from various points of view. Among other things, they explore Royce's relationship to German idealism, the foundation of his ethics as well as his philosophical doctrine of God and his philosophy of religion. This results in rather divergent assessments of his philosophy, each of which is evidence of the enduring relevance of his thinking for the world of today.

Christoph Seibert

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