20.500.12556/DiRROS-21168 William James’s Assessment of Nihilism as a Psychological Phenomenon Opredelitev nihilizma kot psihološkega pojava pri Williamu Jamesu The present article examines the contribution to the problem of nihilism found in the American philosopher and psychologist William James, specifically in his essay “Is Life Worth Living?” from 1896 and the chapter “The Sick Soul” from his The Varieties of Religious Experience from 1902. At the age of 27, James suffered a period of intense depression that lasted from the fall of 1869 until the spring of 1870. This experience shaped his views on nihilism. The present article argues that James’s proposed solution to the problem of nihilism, although formulated rather differently, is in essence the same as that of Jean Paul and the Danish thinker Poul Martin Møller. James’s originality can be found in his treatment of the issue as a psychological problem. Članek obravnava prispevek ameriškega filozofa in psihologa Williama Jamesa o problemu nihilizma, zlasti v njegovem eseju „Ali je življenje vredno življenja?“ iz leta 1896 in poglavju „Bolna duša“ v knjigi Raznolikost religioznega izkustva iz leta 1902. Pri 27 letih je James doživel obdobje hude depresije, ki je trajalo od jeseni 1869 do pomladi 1870. Ta izkušnja je oblikovala njegove poglede na nihilizem. Pričujoči članek ugotavlja, da je rešitev problema nihilizma, ki jo predlaga James, čeprav je formulirana precej drugače, v bistvu podobna tisti, ki jo najdemo pri Jeanu Paulu in danskem mislecu Poulu Martinu Møllerju. Jamesovo izvirnost je mogoče najti v njegovi obravnavi nihilizma kot psihološkega problema nihilism psychology of religion depression meaninglessness despair nihilizem psihologija religije depresija nesmisel obup true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2025-01-09 11:14:30 2025-01-09 11:14:30 2025-03-31 10:46:48 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 str. 49-71 št. 130/131 Letn. 33 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2024-12-23 165.721 1318-3362 10.32022/PHI33.2024.130-131.2 220565763 02_E-PHI-130-131_Stewart.pdf 02_E-PHI-130-131_Stewart.pdf 1 61FFFDE49743A6E9B0C0FF9174A30126 31aecacc13c506603a1ee37c63b4bf4274c4a607da42ca5fa1767297876518aa 84450d1f-ce72-11ef-ba3f-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=30036 Inštitut Nove revije, zavod za humanistiko 0 0 0