All American Pragmatism Articles
The Ethics of Democracy
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2026
The Ethics of Democracy John Dewey The Ethics of Democracy (1888) Download PDF The Ethics of Democracy (1888) by John Dewey Apparent contradictions always demand attention. When the contradiction is between a manner of life seemingly becoming universal, and a theory of this manner which makes it almost worthless, it is yet more striking. Such … Read more
The Path of the Law
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2026
The Path of the Law Oliver Wendell Holmes Harvard Law Review – 1897 Download PDF The Path of the Law (1897) by Oliver Wendell Holmes When we study law we are not studying a mystery but a well-known profession. We are studying what we shall want in order to appear before judges, or to advise … Read more
Pragmatism and Religion
William James
1907
Pragmatism and Religion William James Pragmatism – 1907 Download PDF Pragmatism and Religion (1907) by William James At the close of the last lecture I reminded you of the first one, in which I had opposed tough-mindedness to tender-mindedness and recommended pragmatism as their mediator. Tough-mindedness positively rejects tender-mindedness’s hypothesis of an eternal perfect edition … Read more
Pragmatism and Humanism
William James
1907
Pragmatism and Humanism William James Pragmatism – 1907 Download PDF Pragmatism and Humanism (1907) by William James What hardens the heart of everyone I approach with the view of truth sketched in my last lecture is that typical idol of the tribe, the notion of THE Truth, conceived as the one answer, determinate and complete, … Read more
Pragmatism and Common Sense
William James
1907
Pragmatism and Common Sense William James Pragmatism – 1907 Download PDF Pragmatism and Common Sense (1907) by William James In the last lecture we turned ourselves from the usual way of talking of the universe’s oneness as a principle, sublime in all its blankness, towards a study of the special kinds of union which the … Read more
The One and the Many
William James
1907
The One and the Many William James Pragmatism – 1907 Download PDF The One and the Many (1907) by William James We saw in the last lecture that the pragmatic method, in its dealings with certain concepts, instead of ending with admiring contemplation, plunges forward into the river of experience with them and prolongs the … Read more
Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered
William James
1907
Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered William James Pragmatism – 1907 Download PDF Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered (1907) by William James I am now to make the pragmatic method more familiar by giving you some illustrations of its application to particular problems. I will begin with what is driest, and the first thing I shall … Read more
The Present Dilemma in Philosophy
William James
1907
The Present Dilemma in Philosophy William James Pragmatism – 1907 Download PDF The Present Dilemma in Philosophy (1907) by William James In the preface to that admirable collection of essays of his called ‘Heretics,’ Mr. Chesterton writes these words: “There are some people—and I am one of them—who think that the most practical and important … Read more
Pragmatism’s Conception of Truth
William James
1907
Pragmatism’s Conception of Truth William James Pragmatism – 1907 Download PDF Pragmatism’s Conception of Truth (1907) by William James When Clerk Maxwell was a child it is written that he had a mania for having everything explained to him, and that when people put him off with vague verbal accounts of any phenomenon he would … Read more
Pragmatism
William James
1907
Pragmatism William James Pragmatism – 1907 Download PDF Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (1907) by William James is a collection of eight lectures that presents and popularizes the philosophy of pragmatism as a practical method for understanding truth, meaning, and belief. Originally delivered in Boston and New York, the lectures … Read more