# Samuel Bailey — A Pluralistic Universe character guide

> Samuel Bailey in A Pluralistic Universe by William James.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Samuel Bailey

**First appearance:** 0004-lecture-v-the-compounding-of-consciousness

## Who they are

British philosopher and economist, cited in a specific argument.

## Relationships

### [Immanuel Kant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_pluralistic_universe_se/characters/immanuel_kant)

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Bailey criticizes Kant's transcendental idealism from a commonsense realist perspective, leading to a sharp philosophical disagreement.

### [Immanuel Kant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_pluralistic_universe_se/characters/immanuel_kant)

_rivalry_

Bailey criticizes Kant's transcendental idealism from a commonsense realist perspective, leading to a sharp philosophical disagreement.

## In the story

### [Lecture I: The Types of Philosophic Thinking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_pluralistic_universe_se/chapters/lecture-i-the-types-of-philosophic-thinking)

Cited for his 'Letters on the Philosophy of the Human Mind' as an able expression of English associationism, and for his dismissive remarks about Kant.

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