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A new edition of William James‘s 1907 book, Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking. A collection of 8 lectures, Pragmatism sets forth James’s ground-breaking ideas relating to this school of philosophical thought of which he is considered to be a founder.
“It is high time to urge the use of a little imagination in philosophy. The unwillingness of some of our critics to read any but the silliest of possible meanings into our statements is as discreditable to their imaginations as anything I know in recent philosophic history. Schiller says the truth is that which “works.” Thereupon he is treated as one who limits verification to the lowest material utilities. Dewey says truth is what gives “satisfaction”! He is treated as one who believes in calling everything true which, if it were true, would be pleasant.”
William James (1842 –1910) was an American philosopher, historian, and psychologist, considered to be the “Father” of American psychology. James was a leading thinking of the late nineteenth century, commonly ranked among the most influential philosophers produced by the United States during that period. Alongside Charles Sanders Peirce, James was the founder of the philosophical school known as pragmatism, Among his most influential books are The Principles of Psychology, Essays in Radical Empiricism, and The Varieties of Religious Experience.
