Michael R Slater: 3 books

Book cover of Pragmatism and the Philosophy of Religion
by Michael R. Slater
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014

In this book, Michael R. Slater provides a new assessment of pragmatist views in the philosophy of religion. Focusing on the tension between naturalist and anti-naturalist versions of pragmatism, he argues that the anti-naturalist religious views of philosophers such as William James and Charles Peirce...
Book cover of William James on Ethics and Faith
by Michael R. Slater
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009

This book offers a new interpretation of William James's ethical and religious thought. Michael Slater shows that James's conception of morality, or what it means to lead a moral and flourishing life, is intimately tied to his conception of religious faith, and argues that James's views on these matters...
Book cover of The Oneness Hypothesis

The Oneness Hypothesis

Beyond the Boundary of Self

by Donald L. M. Baxter, Lawrence Blum, Stephen R. L. Clark
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018

The idea that the self is inextricably intertwined with the rest of the world—the “oneness hypothesis”—can be found in many of the world’s philosophical and religious traditions. Oneness provides ways to imagine and achieve a more expansive conception of the self as fundamentally connected...
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