Of all the non-European philosophers, William James probabl… - William Barrett

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Of all the non-European philosophers, William James probably best deserves to be an Existentialist.

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William Christopher Barrett (1913 – 1992) was a professor of philosophy at New York University from 1950 to 1979. He received his PhD at Columbia University. He was an editor of Partisan Review and later the literary critic of The Atlantic Monthly magazine. He was well known for writing philosophical works for nonexperts.

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Of all the non-European philosophers, William James probably best deserves to be an Existentialist. - William Barrett

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