A World of Pure Experience
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"A World of Pure Experience" is a philosophical essay by William James that explores reality as a continuous stream of immediate experience prior to any division into subject and object.
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| A World of Pure Experience canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A World of Pure Experience Context triple: [Essays in Radical Empiricism, hasEssay, A World of Pure Experience]
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A.
The Divine Milieu
The Divine Milieu is a seminal spiritual and philosophical work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores the presence of God in the evolving cosmos and everyday human experience.
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B.
Illusion of Bliss
"Illusion of Bliss" is a soulful, introspective song by Alicia Keys that explores themes of emotional struggle and the deceptive comfort of denial.
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C.
Realms of Being
Realms of Being is a major philosophical work by George Santayana that systematically explores his realist metaphysics through a fourfold scheme of essence, matter, truth, and spirit.
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D.
The Ecstatic
The Ecstatic is a critically acclaimed 2009 hip-hop album by Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) known for its eclectic production, socially conscious lyrics, and experimental, global sound.
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E.
Spirit in the World
"Spirit in the World" is a major philosophical-theological work by Karl Rahner that reinterprets Thomas Aquinas’s thought through a transcendental, existential lens to explore human knowledge of God and reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A World of Pure Experience Target entity description: "A World of Pure Experience" is a philosophical essay by William James that explores reality as a continuous stream of immediate experience prior to any division into subject and object.
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A.
The Divine Milieu
The Divine Milieu is a seminal spiritual and philosophical work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores the presence of God in the evolving cosmos and everyday human experience.
-
B.
Illusion of Bliss
"Illusion of Bliss" is a soulful, introspective song by Alicia Keys that explores themes of emotional struggle and the deceptive comfort of denial.
-
C.
Realms of Being
Realms of Being is a major philosophical work by George Santayana that systematically explores his realist metaphysics through a fourfold scheme of essence, matter, truth, and spirit.
-
D.
The Ecstatic
The Ecstatic is a critically acclaimed 2009 hip-hop album by Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) known for its eclectic production, socially conscious lyrics, and experimental, global sound.
-
E.
Spirit in the World
"Spirit in the World" is a major philosophical-theological work by Karl Rahner that reinterprets Thomas Aquinas’s thought through a transcendental, existential lens to explore human knowledge of God and reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | philosophical essay ⓘ |
| argues |
relations are directly experienced and not added by thought
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subject and object are functional distinctions within experience ⓘ |
| author | William James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| claims | experience is prior to any division into subject and object ⓘ |
| contributesTo | development of radical empiricism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes | reality as a continuous stream of immediate experience ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
continuity of experience
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immediate experience ⓘ ontological status of experience ⓘ |
| genre |
metaphysical essay
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philosophy of mind essay ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century analytic philosophy of mind
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later discussions of neutral monism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
William James's stream of consciousness doctrine
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empiricism ⓘ pragmatism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
epistemology
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metaphysics ⓘ neutral monism ⓘ pure experience ⓘ radical empiricism ⓘ relation between subject and object ⓘ stream of experience ⓘ |
| philosophicalClaim |
experience is the basic stuff of the world
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knowledge arises from relations within experience itself ⓘ no need to posit substances behind experience ⓘ |
| philosophicalMovement | radical empiricism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
American philosophy
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pragmatism ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Does Consciousness Exist?
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Essays in Radical Empiricism NERFINISHED ⓘ The Principles of Psychology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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