Pragmatism

A landlady, William James argues, may have more reason to ask a lodger about his philosophy than his income. What can a view of the universe tell her that a bank balance cannot?

In these lectures, James brings philosophy out of the classroom and into the arguments that catch everyone’s ear: free will, God, good and evil. He sees more than a clash of ideas in the old contest between rationalists, who trust principles, and empiricists, who begin with facts. Temperament, he suggests, quietly tilts the evidence before either side makes its case—and their opposing ways of seeing the universe leave no one untouched. James sets out to introduce a new approach without losing sight of the human stakes. Can it make room for both the facts we face and the ideals we cannot stop seeking?

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