Essays in Pragmatism

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Simon and Schuster, 1970 - History - 176 pages

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Contents

THE DILEMMA OF DETERMINISM
37
THE MORAL PHILOSOPHER And the Moral Life
65
THE WILL TO BELIEVE
88
CONCLUSIONS on Varieties OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
110
WHAT PRAGMATISM MEANS
141
PRAGMATISMS CONCEPTION OF TRUTH
159
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William James was the first educator in the United States to offer a psychology course. An American philosopher, historian, and psychologist, James is widely known for The Principles of Psychology (1890) as well as many essays on the science of religion.

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