A Reply to Mr. Pitkin
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"A Reply to Mr. Pitkin" is an essay by William James included in his collection *Essays in Radical Empiricism*, in which he defends and clarifies his philosophical position of radical empiricism against contemporary criticism.
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Target entity: A Reply to Mr. Pitkin Context triple: [Essays in Radical Empiricism, hasEssay, A Reply to Mr. Pitkin]
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Law Against the Formation of New Parties
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The Gallatin Divergence
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Target entity: A Reply to Mr. Pitkin Target entity description: "A Reply to Mr. Pitkin" is an essay by William James included in his collection *Essays in Radical Empiricism*, in which he defends and clarifies his philosophical position of radical empiricism against contemporary criticism.
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A.
Dissent in the Prize Cases (1863)
Dissent in the Prize Cases (1863) is a notable Supreme Court opinion in which Justice Samuel Nelson argued against the majority’s validation of President Lincoln’s Civil War blockade powers.
-
B.
Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents
"Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents" is a 1770 political pamphlet by Edmund Burke criticizing the British government's policies and defending constitutional monarchy and party politics.
-
C.
The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles
"The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles" is the alternate title of Federalist No. 39, an essay by James Madison analyzing how the proposed U.S. Constitution aligns with republican ideals and balances federal and national characteristics.
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D.
Law Against the Formation of New Parties
The Law Against the Formation of New Parties was a Nazi-era statute that effectively established a one-party dictatorship in Germany by outlawing the creation and existence of all political parties other than the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
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E.
The Gallatin Divergence
The Gallatin Divergence is a libertarian alternate-history science fiction novel by L. Neil Smith that explores a radically different United States shaped by individualist political ideals.
- F. None of above. chosen
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philosophical essay
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work of philosophy ⓘ |
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| collectionEditor | William James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| defendsPosition | radical empiricism ⓘ |
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essay
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasTitle | A Reply to Mr. Pitkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Essays in Radical Empiricism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
empiricism
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epistemology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of experience ⓘ radical empiricism ⓘ |
| partOf | late works of William James ⓘ |
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American pragmatism
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early 20th-century analytic of experience ⓘ |
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pragmatism
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radical empiricism ⓘ |
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critique of rationalism
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empirical basis of knowledge ⓘ relation between experience and reality ⓘ status of relations in experience ⓘ |
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Essays in Radical Empiricism
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Pragmatism NERFINISHED ⓘ The Meaning of Truth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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