{"product_id":"pragmatism-and-other-writings-isbn-9780140437355","title":"Pragmatism and Other Writings","description":"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'.Introduction by Giles Gunn\u003cbr\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Texts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePragmatism\u003c\/i\u003e (1907)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eLecture I: The Present Dilemma in Philosophy\u003cbr\u003eLecture II: What Pragmatism Means\u003cbr\u003eLecture III: Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered\u003cbr\u003eLecture IV: The One and the Many\u003cbr\u003eLecture V: Pragmatism and Common Sense\u003cbr\u003eLecture VI: Pragmatism's Conception of Truth\u003cbr\u003eLecture VII: Pragmatism and Humanism\u003cbr\u003eLecture VIII: Pragmatism and Religion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e (1909)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eThe Tigers in India\u003cbr\u003eHumanism and Truth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003ePsychology: Briefer Course\u003c\/i\u003e (1892)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Stream of Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (1897)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eThe Will to Believe\u003cbr\u003eIs Life Worth Living?\u003cbr\u003eThe Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eTalks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals\u003c\/i\u003e (1899)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings\u003cbr\u003eIII. What Makes a Life Significant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiscellaneous Essays\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAddress at the Centenary of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1903)\u003cbr\u003eA World of Pure Experience (1904)\u003cbr\u003eIs Radical Empiricism Solipsistic? (1905)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOlder brother of novelist Henry James, William James (1842-1910) was a philosopher, psychologist, physiologist, and professor at Harvard.  James has influenced such twentieth-century thinkers as Richard Rorty, Jurgen Habermans, Michel Foucault, and Julia Kristeva. Giles Gunn is Professor of English and of Global \u0026amp; International Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara.  He is author of 'Culture of Criticism and Criticism of Culture' and edited Early American Writing for Penguin.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303097061605,"sku":"NP9780140437355","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140437355.jpg?v=1767735041","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/pragmatism-and-other-writings-isbn-9780140437355","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}