1907 Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking

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First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

The first UK edition of this work, first impression. This is bound from the original American sheets, with a new title page.

This work presents James's collection of eight lectures delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston in November and December 1906, and at Columbia University in New York in January 1907.

James's work introduced pragmatism as a philosophy that evaluates truth based on practical consequences and usefulness. He is considered to be a leading thinker of the late 19th century, one of the most influential philosophers of the United States, and the "Father of American psychology."