On Matter and Manner
On Matter and Manner
This chapter analyzes how seriously William James himself took his own lecture. Whether viewing him as a psychologist on a metaphysical holiday, or taking his occasional slips in expression and his general vivacity of spirit as indications of a cavalier or “sporting” attitude toward his topic, one will read his lecture out of an attitude and set of suppositions that may seriously affect not only one's evaluation, but the very understanding of James' argument. The chapter aims to place this lecture in James' overall philosophical effort, in order to display how seriously he meant it, and how seriously readers have a right to take it.
Keywords: William James, lecture, psychologist, metaphysical holiday, suppositions, argument, philosophical effort
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