The last couple of times out, I’ve talked about reading and teaching. If there was any particular approach I wanted to champion, it would be the close reading of texts. But what happens when you read something by someone who doesn’t precisely advocate close reading? Would it be in the spirit of the text to subject that writer to the scrutiny of a really close reading?In the “On the Soul” class I teach with my philosopher pal we’ve just now veered into American thinkers, partly by accident. We eventually plan to spend a good deal of time with William James’ Read more