William James Pragmatism in Focus - 9780415040563

Taylor & Francis

The original 1907 text is accompanied with a series of critical essays from scholars including Moore and Russell. In the introduction Olin evaluates the strength of the criticisms made against James. > \nThis book presents William James's Pragmatism together with critical commentary and focuses on the theories of meaning and truth central to Pragmatism. It includes several articles three of which were roughly contemporaneous with the publication of Pragmatism. > Preface Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION /Doric Olin -- PRAGMATISM /William James -- I The Present Dilemma in Philosophy -- II What Pragmatism Means -- III Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered -- IV The One and the Many -- V Pragmatism and Common Sense -- VI _ Pragmatism's Conception of Truth -- VII Pragmatism and Humanism -- VIII Pragmatism and Religion -- MEANING AND METAPHYSICS IN JAMES /Robert G. Meyers -- TRUTH AND ITS VERIFICATION /James Bissett Pratt -- PROFESSOR JAMES'S 'PRAGMATISM' /G. E. Moore -.