PragmatismPRAGMATISMReading editionChapter navigation10 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…PRAGMATISMPrefaceLecture I. — The Present Dilemma in PhilosophyLecture II. — What Pragmatism MeansLecture III. — Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically ConsideredLecture IV. — The One and the ManyLecture V. — Pragmatism and Common SenseLecture VI. — Pragmatism's Conception of TruthLecture VII. — Pragmatism and HumanismLecture VIII. — Pragmatism and ReligionBeginning of this editionNext chapter →PrefaceAll chapters and sections (10)PRAGMATISMPrefaceLecture I. — The Present Dilemma in PhilosophyLecture II. — What Pragmatism MeansLecture III. — Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically ConsideredLecture IV. — The One and the ManyLecture V. — Pragmatism and Common SenseLecture VI. — Pragmatism's Conception of TruthLecture VII. — Pragmatism and HumanismLecture VIII. — Pragmatism and ReligionA New Name for Some Old Ways of ThinkingBy William JamesTo the Memory of John Stuart Mill from whom I first learned the pragmatic openness of mind and whom my fancy likes to picture as our leader were he alive to-day.Preface →