An Idealistic Pragmatism The Development of the Pragmatic Element in the Philosophy of Josiah Royce

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propaedeutic to a study of royce 3 The nature of Royce`s idealism 3 The religious content of Royce`s thought 7 The empirical grounding of Royce`s philosophy 10 possibilities for a roycean pragmatism 15 The pragmatists that influenced Royce 17 The notions of pragmatism that influenced Royce 20 A pragmatism consistent with idealism 25 THE EARLY ROYCE (c. 1875-90) His theory of knowledge 31 Royce`s early stress on the practical purposefulness of all speculation 31 The usefulness of doubt and postulate in philosophizing 34 The limited function of verification and the role of insight 37 The relativity of truth and error 40 His notion of the absolute 43 The function of belief, its origin and constitution 43 The Absolute Thought, perfectly fulfilling experience 48 The Universal Will, aiming at organization of experience 51 The relationship of the Absolute to the problem of evil 53 His conception of the individualA. Meaning, worth, and importance of the individual A practical answer to individualism The nature and significance of progress for the individual THE MIDDLE PERIOD (c. 1890-1906) theory of knowledge pragmatically allied with doctrine of interpretation 71 Other theories of being as interpretations The synthetic view of Royce The essentially social character of the knowing process notion of the absolute more pragmatically orientated 86 An explanation and definition of God in terms of Experience The relation of will to the Absolute The union between God and man conception of the individual pragmatically leads to consideration of community 101 Royce`s conception of the self Love as the principle of individuation Freedom and responsibility of the self Community as fulfilling the individual