Quote by William James

'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.

'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux o

Summary

In this quote, the term 'pure experience' refers to the raw and unfiltered flow of life that we encounter before we impose our own conceptual understanding on it. It is the initial encounter with the world that provides us with the foundation for our later reflections and intellectual analysis. 'Pure experience' is the unadulterated and untamed essence of reality that shapes our perceptions and informs our understanding before it is filtered through the lens of our conceptual categories.

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By William James

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