Philosophical Essays
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Professor Dewey, of Columbia University, is also to be reckoned among the founders of prag- matism. His writings are more technical and less popular than those of James and Dr. Schiller, but on certain points his exposition is perhaps preferable to theirs.^ As an introduction to pragmatism, it is interesting to read William James's essay on "The Will to Believe, " first published in 1896, and reprinted in book form in the following year. In this essay, though the word "pragmatism" does not appe...ar, we find much that is characteristic of James's later views. The thesis he is advocating is that, in certain cases, it is right to believe whole-heartedly in one of two alternatives, even when there is no evidence as to which of them is true. These cases arise, he says, when we are compelled to choose between two hypotheses, each of which seems to us possible, and when it makes a great difference which we choose. The instances he has in mind are chiefly questions of morals and religion. In a moral per- plexity we are compelled to come to some decision, since inaction is as much a decision as action.
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Professor Dewey, of Columbia University, is also to be reckoned among the founders of prag- matism. His writings are more technical and less popular than those of James and Dr. Schiller, but on certain points his exposition is perhaps preferable to theirs.^ As an introduction to pragmatism, it is interesting to read William James's essay on "The Will to Believe, " first published in 1896, and reprinted in book form in the following year. In this essay, though the word "pragmatism" does not appe...ar, we find much that is characteristic of James's later views. The thesis he is advocating is that, in certain cases, it is right to believe whole-heartedly in one of two alternatives, even when there is no evidence as to which of them is true. These cases arise, he says, when we are compelled to choose between two hypotheses, each of which seems to us possible, and when it makes a great difference which we choose. The instances he has in mind are chiefly questions of morals and religion. In a moral per- plexity we are compelled to come to some decision, since inaction is as much a decision as action.
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