William James's Radical Empiricism Essays Published in French
A French translation of William James's essays on radical empiricism has been published, highlighting France's historical resistance to pragmatism. Despite James's friendship with Bergson, who wrote a substantial introduction to the 1911 French translation of Pragmatism, the movement was condemned by Durkheim in 1913 as an attack on reason and a danger to national culture rooted in Cartesian rationalism.
Key facts
- William James's Essais d'empirisme radical published in French
- France historically resistant to pragmatism
- James was friends with Bergson
- Bergson wrote introduction to 1911 French translation of Pragmatism
- Durkheim condemned pragmatism in 1913
- Durkheim called pragmatism an attack on reason
- Durkheim saw pragmatism as a danger to French national culture
- French culture characterized by Cartesian rationalism
Entities
Artists
- William James
- Henri Bergson
- Émile Durkheim
Locations
- France
- Germany
Sources
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