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41. William James on Pragmatic Truth

41. William James on Pragmatic Truth

Update: 2025-12-22
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In this episode we unpack American Philosopher & Psychologist William James' 1907 classic, "Pragmatism."

This book explores...

*The Pragmatic Theory of Truth

*The Nature of Belief Change

*The Psychology's connection to Philosophy

Host: Zach Stehura  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠UnpackingIdeas.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Guest: Brent Mondoskin

Intro Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Polyenso⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Free PDF of the book: Pragmatism by William James⁠

Resources Mentioned

The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand(book)

The Essential Pierce vol.1 by C.S. Pierce(book)

Radical Empiricism by William James (book)

Mindset by Carol Dweck(book)

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy (book)

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0:00 Introduction



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41. William James on Pragmatic Truth

41. William James on Pragmatic Truth

Zach Stehura