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Pragmatism

'Pragmatism' contains a series of public lectures held by William James in Boston 1906–7. James provides a popularizing outline of his view of philosophical pragmatism while making highly rhetorical and entertaining lashes towards rationalism and other competing schools of thought. James is especially concerned with the pragmatic view of truth. True beliefs should be defined as, according to James, beliefs that can successfully assist people in their everyday life. This is claimed to not be relativism. That reality exists is argued to be a fact true beyond the human subject. James argues, nevertheless, that people select which parts of reality are made relevant and how they are understood to relate to each other. Charles Sanders Peirce, widely considered to be the founder of pragmatism, eventually chose to separate himself intellectually from James, renaming his own theory to ‘pragmaticism’.

Year of Publication: 1907Genres: Psychology,Essays & Short Works,Religion,Philosophy,*Non-fiction

Running Time: 6 hours 32 minutes 51 seconds(17 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Fredrik Karlsson

#	Chapter Name
	Preface Fredrik Karlsson	3:41
	Lecture 1: The Present Dilemma in Philosophy, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	27:02
	Lecture 1: The Present Dilemma in Philosophy, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	26:39
	Lecture 2: What Pragmatism Means, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	28:43
	Lecture 2: What Pragmatism Means, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	24:23
	Lecture 3: Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	25:09
	Lecture 3: Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	27:36
	Lecture 4: The One and the Many, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	25:30
	Lecture 4: The One and the Many, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	23:34
	Lecture 5: Pragmatism and Common Sense, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	18:34
	Lecture 5: Pragmatism and Common Sense, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	22:03
	Lecture 6: Pragmatism's Conception of Truth. part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	27:20
	Lecture 6: Pragmatism's Conception of Truth. part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	29:21
	Lecture 7: Pragmatism and Humanism, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	22:03
	Lecture 7: Pragmatism and Humanism, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	22:10
	Lecture 8: Pragmatism and Religion, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	18:56
	Lecture 8: Pragmatism and Religion, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	20:07