The Experience of Activity
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"The Experience of Activity" is a philosophical essay by William James that explores how our direct, lived sense of acting and exerting effort underpins his radical empiricist account of experience and reality.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Experience of Activity Context triple: [Essays in Radical Empiricism, hasEssay, The Experience of Activity]
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A.
Experience and Its Modes
Experience and Its Modes is a 1933 philosophical work by Michael Oakeshott that analyzes different “modes” of human experience—such as science, history, and practice—to explore how they structure our understanding of reality.
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Vita Activa and the Human Condition
"Vita Activa and the Human Condition" is a section of Hannah Arendt’s philosophical work *The Human Condition* that examines the active dimensions of human life—labor, work, and action—and their significance for politics and public life.
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The Experience
The Experience is a live gospel album by acclaimed American singer Yolanda Adams that showcases her powerful vocals and inspirational contemporary gospel style.
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D.
Sources of the Self
Sources of the Self is a major philosophical work by Charles Taylor that traces the historical development of modern identity and moral frameworks in Western thought.
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Problems of the Self
Problems of the Self is a collection of influential essays by philosopher Bernard Williams that explores issues in personal identity, moral psychology, and the nature of the self.
- 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: The Experience of Activity Target entity description: "The Experience of Activity" is a philosophical essay by William James that explores how our direct, lived sense of acting and exerting effort underpins his radical empiricist account of experience and reality.
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A.
Experience and Its Modes
Experience and Its Modes is a 1933 philosophical work by Michael Oakeshott that analyzes different “modes” of human experience—such as science, history, and practice—to explore how they structure our understanding of reality.
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B.
Vita Activa and the Human Condition
"Vita Activa and the Human Condition" is a section of Hannah Arendt’s philosophical work *The Human Condition* that examines the active dimensions of human life—labor, work, and action—and their significance for politics and public life.
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C.
The Experience
The Experience is a live gospel album by acclaimed American singer Yolanda Adams that showcases her powerful vocals and inspirational contemporary gospel style.
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D.
Sources of the Self
Sources of the Self is a major philosophical work by Charles Taylor that traces the historical development of modern identity and moral frameworks in Western thought.
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E.
Problems of the Self
Problems of the Self is a collection of influential essays by philosopher Bernard Williams that explores issues in personal identity, moral psychology, and the nature of the self.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
philosophical essay
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work by William James ⓘ |
| arguesFor |
philosophical significance of effort and exertion
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primacy of lived experience in understanding reality ⓘ |
| author | William James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributor | William James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
direct lived sense of acting
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experience of exerting effort ⓘ how activity is given in consciousness ⓘ relation between experience and reality ⓘ role of agency in experience ⓘ |
| field |
American philosophy
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metaphysics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person experiential analysis ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalTheme |
causal efficacy in experience
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immediacy of experience ⓘ phenomenology of effort ⓘ relation between mind and world ⓘ subjective agency ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century philosophy of action
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later discussions of agency in analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
empiricism
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pragmatism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
activity and agency
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experience of acting ⓘ experience of effort ⓘ metaphysics of reality ⓘ philosophy of experience ⓘ radical empiricism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
American pragmatism
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radical empiricism ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Essays in Radical Empiricism
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The Principles of Psychology NERFINISHED ⓘ The Will to Believe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsView |
William James's radical empiricist account of experience
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William James's radical empiricist account of reality ⓘ |
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