James: Pragmatism

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„Pragmatism represents a perfectly familiar attitude in philosophy, the empiricist attitude, but it represents it, as it seems to me, both in a more radical and in a less objectionable form than it has ever yet assumed. A pragmatist turns his back resolutely and once for all upon a lot of inveterate habits dear to professional philosophers.“ (p. 46) #James #Pragmatism

James: Things

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„‚Things‘ do exist, even when we do not see them. Their ‚kinds‘ also exist.“ (p. 147) #James #things

James: Philosophy

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„Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits.“ (p. 9) #James #Philosophy