Pragmatism

The lectures that follow were delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston inNovember and December 1906 and in January 1907 at Columbia University inNew York. Th... » 

The lectures that follow were delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston inNovember and December 1906 and in January 1907 at Columbia University inNew York. They are printed as delivered without developments or notes. Thepragmatic movement socalledI do not like the name but apparently it is toolate to change it seems to have rather suddenly precipitated itself out ofthe air. A number of tendencies that have always existed in philosophy have allat once become conscious of themselves collectively and of their combinedmission and this has occurred in so many countries and from so many differentpoints of view that much unconcerted statement has resulted. I have sought tounify the picture as it presents itself to my own eyes dealing in broadstrokes and avoiding minute controversy. Much futile controversy might havebeen avoided I believe if our critics had been willing to wait until we gotour message fairly out. «