Between Materialism and Spiritualism: From the Problem of Causality to the Holistic Representation of Psychic Reality in the Works of W. James
Bulletin of Liberal Arts University 2026 Kirill V. Kyanganen
The article analyzes the concept of psychic reality as a holistic phenomenon in the teachings of William James. His criticism of the methodological consequences of psychophysical parallelism is examined. On the one hand, psychophysical parallelism leads to the devaluation of a person’s emotional and volitional spheres; on the other hand, it results in viewing a person as an entity evolving...