Philosophy

William James

1842 to 1910, New York City, USA

Pragmatism, the will to believe, and the stream of consciousness - a philosophy for a world still in the making.

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Lessons

Arguments That Never End

Can one deflating question dissolve philosophy’s oldest quarrels - and remake truth itself?

When Not Deciding Decides

When evidence cannot decide and waiting costs the truth, may belief leap first?

No Thought Comes Twice

Why the same thought never comes twice - and what that makes the self.

Fruits, Not Roots

Can visions and conversions count as evidence - or only symptoms to explain away?

A World Still in the Making

Is reality one finished block - or many things, loosely joined, still forming?

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