William James
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American philosopher and psychologist (1842 to 1910); studied at Harvard; author of The Principles of Psychology (1890), The Varieties of Religious Experience…
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The history of philosophy is largely a clash of human temperaments (opens korrents.com)
“The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.”
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Pragmatism can remain religious while keeping the closest contact with facts (opens korrents.com)
“I offer the oddly-named thing pragmatism as a philosophy that can satisfy both kinds of demand. It can remain religious like the rationalisms, but at the same time, like the empiricisms, it can preserve the richest…”
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If no practical difference follows from either side, a dispute is idle (opens korrents.com)
“If no practical difference whatever can be traced, then the alternatives mean practically the same thing, and all dispute is idle. Whenever a dispute is serious, we ought to be able to show some practical difference…”
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The history of philosophy is largely a clash of human temperaments (opens korrents.com)