The book American Thought From Puritanism to Pragmatism was written by author Riley, Woodbridge, 1869-1933 Here you can read free online of American Thought From Puritanism to Pragmatism book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is American Thought From Puritanism to Pragmatism a good or bad book?
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Hailed as a typical American philosophy, pragmatism has had three phases in its native growth, — the primitive of Charles Peirce, the developed of John Dewey, and ' — 7 -the radical of William James. In this t riumvira te of \ / pragmat ism Peirce tau ght that it was logical, — a method A. To make our ideas clear; Dewey taught that it was^ THE PHILOSOPHY OF PRACTICALITY 281 instrumental, — a useful tool for action; James taught \ that it was temperamental, — a way to reach personal \ satisfacti...on. Finally, these three varieties of prag-- matism had different applications. The first tended be solipsistic, to confine itself to the individual and his dou"ljts7~the second to be_social^to pass over the bar- riers of self; thg_third_ lo_be transc endenta l, to lea_B. Beyond human barriersj^ to reach^a pluralistic universe of higher powers, earth-angels, world-souls, with which man may have intercourse. _ In order of time pragmatism iFlprimitive, or developed, or radical. In its point of view it is logical, or instrumental, or temperamental.
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