The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy.
Despite the fact that this notion is associated predominantly with the work of William James and James Dewey, some traces of the pragmatic theory of truth are present in the works of Peirce too, who says that “there is no distinction of meaning so fine as to consist in anything but a possible difference of practice”. The gist of this is that a person cannot imagine a truth or belief.
This essay is available in William James, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897) and was republished, e.g., in the critical Harvard edition of this book in the nineteen-volume series, The Works of William James, eds. Frederick H. Burkhardt, Fredson Bowers, and Ignas K. Skrupskelis (Harvard University Press, 1979).
The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy: the first book on philosophy which is a dedication to Charles Sanders Peirce (1897). Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life’s Ideals (1899). The Principles of Psychology (1890), a book that took ten long years to complete but touched some great personalities like Bertrand Russell and John Dewey. The.
The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897) advances the argument that each of us has the right to believe in hypotheses that are not susceptible to proof, and that such beliefs might actually change the world. The conversational style of theses essays reflects their origin in public lectures, as well as James’s conviction that truth can be discovered as much in the.
William James Dies; Great Psychologist. Chocorua, N. H., Aug. 26.--Prof. William James of Harvard University, America's foremost philosophical writer, virtual founder of the modern school of psychology and exponent of pragmatism, died of heart disease to-day at his Summer home here. Prof. James, who was 68 years old, had been in a critical condition since his arrival at Quebec from Europe a.
William James was a 19th century philosopher and psychologist who is widely regarded as the founder of American psychology. Professional Life. William James was born on January 11, 1842, at the.
James's other books include The Will to Believe and Other Essays (1897), The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902), Pragmatism (1907), A Pluralistic Universe(1909), The Meaning of Truth (1909), and Essays in Radical Empiricism (1912). Toward the end of his career, James concentrated his work in the area of philosophy and maintained few ties to the field of psychology. Further Reading. Perry.