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Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking

by William James

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Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to William James. Catalog subjects include Pragmatism. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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Unknown year
Language
English
Copyright status
Public domain

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B2–C1 · Deep reading

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Medium-length sentences averaging 20.5 words, with 31.4% extending beyond 24 words

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Table of contents

10 chapters

  1. 01PRAGMATISM2 min
  2. 02Preface5 min
  3. 03PRAGMATISM — Section 331 min
  4. 04Lecture II. — What Pragmatism Means32 min
  5. 05Lecture III. — Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered24 min
  6. 06Lecture IV. — The One and the Many29 min
  7. 07Lecture V. — Pragmatism and Common Sense24 min
  8. 08Lecture VI. — Pragmatism's Conception of Truth30 min
  9. 09Lecture VII. — Pragmatism and Humanism26 min
  10. 10Lecture VIII. — Pragmatism and Religion24 min
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