William și Henry James | Eu cu cine gândesc? | Podcast cu Theodor Paleologu și Răzvan Ioan | EP 199

William James and Henry James are two brothers who have made a decisive mark on modern culture, each in their own field: philosophy and psychology, and literature, respectively. William James, one of the founders of pragmatism, proposes a philosophy of lived experience and pluralism. In Pragmatism and the Will to Believe, he argues that truth is not fixed, but is verified in its practical consequences and in its ability to orient life. He is concerned with consciousness as a stream of consciousness, with faith, with inner freedom. He rejects closed systems and prefers flexible, open thinking, attentive to the diversity of human experiences, including religious ones. Henry James, on the other hand, is one of the great novelists of modernity. In works such as The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, or The Wings of a Dove, he explores the inner life, the subtleties of perception and social relationships. His style is refined, sometimes difficult, focused on the consciousness of the characters and the way they interpret the world. He is a master of ambiguity and nuance, less concerned with action and more with perception and judgment. Together, William and Henry James show two complementary ways of understanding experience: one philosophical, oriented toward truth and action, the other literary, oriented toward consciousness and interpretation. Both place the individual and the complexity of the inner life at the center of their work, in an age when traditional certainties are beginning to waver. ------------------- Casa Paleologu Website: https://paleologu.com/ro Facebook:   / casapaleologu   Instagram:   / casa.paleol.  . Linkedin:   / 2831.  . Theodor Paleologu Facebook:   / tpaleologu   Linkedin:   / feed   ------------------- Contact: [email protected] #philosophy #history #podcast ------------------------------------ (C) & (P) Fundatia Casa Paleologu All rights reserved. (C) & (P) Fundatia Casa Paleologu All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws In order to avoid copyright infringement, please, do not upload this content on your channel