Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking

by William James

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PRAGMATISM - A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking

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By William James

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To the Memory of John Stuart Mill from whom I first learned the pragmatic openness of mind and whom my fancy likes to picture as our leader were he alive to-day.

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Preface

6:59

PRAGMATISM

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Lecture I. — The Present Dilemma in Philosophy

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Lecture II. — What Pragmatism Means

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Lecture III. — Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered

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Lecture IV. — The One and the Many

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Lecture V. — Pragmatism and Common Sense

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Sequel: The meaning of truth.

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Text file produced by Steve Harris, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger

Release date

2004-02-01

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Public domain in the USA.

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Pragmatism B

About the author

William James

1842–1910

A founder of modern psychology and a leading voice in American pragmatism, this restless, wide-ranging thinker explored how belief, habit, emotion, and experience shape everyday life. His books still feel lively because they ask practical questions about what ideas do, not just what they mean.

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