Pragmatism - William James - Part 6

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Book review and commentary on: William James: Pragmatism and Other Essays (1963) Simon & Schuster 5th Printing 1972 Pocket Books - Washington Square Press William James born in 1842, died in 1910 Claimed that 'truth' was a process of discovery. Truth for the pragmatist depends on the definitions of the terms involved and the particularly involved results observed over time. Pragmatism: a theory of meaning whereby the meaning of a statement is determined by the sum of its verifiable consequences. This book I am reviewing includes a series of lectures that were given in 1906 at the Lowell Institute in Boston and in 1907 at Columbia University in New York.
This video covers his Essay, The Will to Believe; presented to Yale and Brown Universities and published in June of 1896.

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