Pragmatism (World Philosophers and Their Works)
At a glance:
- Author: William James
- First Published: 1907
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Philosophy or philosophers, Pragmatism, Twentieth century, God
Context
Occasionally a book succeeds in giving influential expression to an attitude and a set of principles that eventually make up a historically important philosophical movement. This is the case with William James’s Pragmatism. Borrowing the term from his philosophical contemporary Charles S. Peirce, James attempted in a series of published lectures to popularize and defend “a number of tendencies that hitherto have lacked a collective name.” Pragmatism came to dominate the American intellectual scene as well as to gain recognition as a uniquely American...
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