Notes Towards Day 22: William James: Getting Here from There

Anne's notes from today's discussion

I. coursekeeping

for Monday, read Gertrude Stein, "Objects." Tender Buttons. 1914, now on-line w/ Bartleby.com; if you're having trouble/want help figuring out WHY you are reading this, please also check out Dana Cairns Watson's 2005 essay, "Modifying the Mind: William James and Tender Buttons."

read also Jacques Barzun's Prologue and "The Genius," from his
1983 A Stroll with William James;  available via password @
/~adalke/jamesfam/Barzun.pdf

Heads up that your 4 pp. paper reflecting on
William James and you is due by 5 p.m next Friday, Apr. 23;
am happy to confer, but don't require it...

okay! for today: attending to difference, w/ help from
William James, John Dewey, Richard Rorty, Paul Grobstein ...
Getting Here from There

Anne's notes from today's discussion