Reverence for the relations of life : re-imagining pragmatism via Josiah Royce's interactions with Peirce, James, and Dewey / Frank M. Oppenheim.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-490) and index.

Introduction: reverence for the relations of life -- Part I: Royce and Peirce -- We and Royce meet Charles Peirce -- The thought of the late Peirce and Royce : different? alike? both? -- Peirce and Royce as prophetic pragmatists -- Part II: Royce and James -- William James and Josiah Royce -- Some radical conflicts between the late Royce and James -- Psychological attitudes and some deep philosophical choices -- Their late theories of knowledge -- James's late metaphysics or philosophy of "radical empiricism" -- Royce's late metaphysics -- The late pragmatisms of James and Royce -- The late ethics of James and Royce -- Their late philosophies of religion -- Part III: Royce and Dewey -- How the lives and thoughts of Royce and Dewey intertwined -- Common themes uniting the late Royce and Dewey -- Some chief differences of the late Royce and late Dewey -- Orientation to religion in the late Royce and late Dewey -- Religion in the late Royce and late Dewey -- Part IV: Comparative summary -- The problem of evil in Peirce, James, Dewey, and especially Royce -- Epilogue: four philosophers' interactions on four central themes.