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  • Published: 3 July 2000
  • ISBN: 9780140437355
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $35.00

Pragmatism and Other Writings



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'.

  • Published: 3 July 2000
  • ISBN: 9780140437355
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $35.00

About the author

William James

Older brother of novelist Henry James, William James (1842–1910) was a philosopher, psychologist, physiologist, and professor at Harvard University. James has influenced such twentieth-century thinkers as Richard Rorty, Jürgen Habermas, Michel Foucault, and Julia Kristeva.

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