# T. H. Green — A Pluralistic Universe character guide

> T. H. Green in A Pluralistic Universe by William James.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** T. H. Green, Green

**First appearance:** 0001-lecture-ii-monistic-idealism

## Who they are

British idealist philosopher whose monistic views are referenced.

## Relationships

### [Gustav Theodor Fechner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_pluralistic_universe_se/characters/gustav_theodor_fechner)

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Fechner and Green are both idealists but diverge on the nature of the absolute, with Green emphasizing a more Kantian ethical idealism.

## 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)

Credited with deepening philosophic consciousness in England and leading the shift from sensationalism to a monistic idealism at Oxford.

### [Lecture IV: Concerning Fechner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_pluralistic_universe_se/chapters/lecture-iv-concerning-fechner)

Mentioned as a representative of thin transcendentalism; James criticizes Green's notion of the eternal self-distinguishing consciousness as a 'timeless soap-bubble.'

### [Lecture VII: The Continuity of Experience](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_pluralistic_universe_se/chapters/lecture-vii-the-continuity-of-experience)

Green is critiqued for his intellectualist view that sensations are fleeting, unrelated, and unknowable without a self-distinguishing absolute mind; James calls his belaboring of Locke 'pathetic'.

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