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Pocket Books (1975), Paperback, 313 pages
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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'.
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LibraryThing member GeraldLange
Dry!! Dry dry dry.....oooohhhhhh so very dryyyyyyy......
Don't throw this one into the ocean or it'll soak everything up & we'll all be in real trouble.
Don't get me wrong, it's really not a bad book at all; but -good god!- this thing is dry.
Don't throw this one into the ocean or it'll soak everything up & we'll all be in real trouble.
Don't get me wrong, it's really not a bad book at all; but -good god!- this thing is dry.
LibraryThing member mdstarr
Pragmatism is not a synonym for practical: the original essay must be read if you want to use the term.
LibraryThing member mavaddat
James elucidates his conception of meaning as possibility-of-use-value in clear, amicable language that uninitiated readers can appreciate.
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0671485113 / 9780671485115
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