Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking: Popular Lectures on Pholosophy (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

The word "pragmatism" is used everywhere today, from business to sports to politics. Although the word hadnt yet entered everyday language when William James published Pragmatism in 1907, the philosopher believed its doctrine had virtually become common sense in twentieth-century America. For James, pragmatism was a specific philosophical alternative to essentialism and foundationalism and argued that ideas are meaningful only insofar as they have practical consequences in concrete human ex...