Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking

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Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking is William James’s influential 1907 philosophical work that systematically presents and popularizes the doctrine of pragmatism as a method for clarifying ideas and resolving metaphysical disputes.

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instanceOf non-fiction book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
aim to clarify the meaning of philosophical concepts by their practical consequences ⓘ
to resolve metaphysical disputes by appealing to practical differences ⓘ
approach anti-absolutist ⓘ
anti-skeptical ⓘ
empiricist ⓘ
pluralist ⓘ
author William James ⓘ
basedOn lecture series ⓘ
centralConcept cash value of ideas ⓘ
pragmatic method ⓘ
truth as what works in experience ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
form collection of lectures ⓘ
fullTitle Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking ⓘ
genre American philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
historicalSignificance popularized pragmatism as a major philosophical movement ⓘ
systematic exposition of William James’s version of pragmatism ⓘ
influenced 20th-century analytic philosophy ⓘ
American pragmatism ⓘ
linked to: pragmatism

philosophy of education ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Sanders Peirce ⓘ
John Dewey ⓘ
keyTheme continuity between science and everyday experience ⓘ
emphasis on practical consequences of beliefs ⓘ
human contribution to the making of truth ⓘ
rejection of purely verbal or abstract metaphysical disputes ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableIdea meaning of ideas lies in their experiential effects ⓘ
truth is made true by its practical consequences ⓘ
period early 20th century philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalDomain theory of knowledge ⓘ
theory of truth ⓘ
philosophicalSchool pragmatism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition American philosophy ⓘ
publicationYear 1907 ⓘ
relatedWork The Meaning of Truth ⓘ
The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy ⓘ
shortTitle Pragmatism ⓘ
subject epistemology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of truth ⓘ
pragmatism ⓘ
theory of meaning ⓘ

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