Pragmatism and Other WritingsPenguin, 2000 M04 1 - 400 pages The writings of William James represent one of America's most original contributions to the history of ideas. Ranging from philosophy and psychology to religion and politics, James composed the most engaging formulation of American pragmatism. 'Pragmatism' grew out of a set of lectures and the full text is included here along with 'The Meaning of Truth', 'Psychology', 'The Will to Believe', and 'Talks to Teachers on Psychology'. |
Contents
Preface | 5 |
The Present Dilemma in Philosophy | 7 |
What Pragmatism Means | 24 |
Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered | 41 |
The One and the Many | 58 |
Pragmatism and Common Sense | 74 |
Pragmatisms Conception of Truth | 87 |
Pragmatism and Humanism | 105 |
AND OTHER ESSAYS IN POPULAR PHILOSOPHY 1897 | 191 |
Preface | 193 |
The Will to Believe | 198 |
Is Life Worth Living? | 219 |
The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life | 242 |
AND TO STUDENTS ON SOME OF LIFES IDEALS 1899 | 265 |
On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings | 267 |
What Makes a Life Significant | 286 |
Pragmatism and Religion | 119 |
From THE MEANING OF TRUTH 1909 | 133 |
Preface | 135 |
The Tigers in India | 142 |
Humanism and Truth | 146 |
BRIEFER COURSE 1892 | 169 |
The Stream of Consciousness | 171 |
MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS | 305 |
Address at the Centenary of Ralph Waldo Emerson 1903 | 307 |
A World of Pure Experience 1904 | 314 |
Is Radical Empiricism Solipsistic? 1905 | 337 |
Notes | 341 |
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