William James, Pragmatism, and American Culture focuses on the work of William James and the relationship between the development of pragmatism and its historical, cultural, and political roots in ...

Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Winter, 2007), pp. 1-15 (15 pages) With the centenary of the publication of William James's Pragmatism (1907) fast approaching, this ...

It is part of the conventional wisdom about the James family that the elder Henry James (1811—82) had a large influence on his son, William James (1842—1910), in the direction of religious interests.

THERE is a strange phenomenon at the present moment, which even the wayfaring man (if he reads a little) must be struck with — or be curious about. A philosophical theory is out in the world making ...

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren speaks during a town hall campaign stop Aug. 1 in Tempe, Ariz. (Matt York/AP) America’s distinctive contribution to philosophy is called pragmatism.

WILLIAM JAMES, the well-known psychologist and philosopher, was born in New York on January 11, 1842, the son of the Swedenborgian theologian Henry James and brother of the novelist Henry James. He ...