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One of the most influential men of his time, philosopher, psychologist, educator, and author William James (1842-1910) helped lead the transition from a predominantly European-centered nineteenth-century philosophy to a new 'pragmatic' American philosophy. Helping to pave the way was his seminal book Pragmatism (1907), in which he included a chapter on 'Truth,' an essay which provoked severe criticism. In response, he wrote the present work, an attempt to bring together all he had ever written on the theory of knowledge, including an article on the function of cognition, later polemic and expository contributions, and some replies to previous criticism. The result was a full and definitive expression of the pragmatist 'epistemology' from James' point of view. In the book, he urges the reader to 'turn away from abstractions, verbal solutions, fixed principles, and pretended absolutes and look for concreteness and facts, action and power,' arguing that 'the ultimate test for us of what a truth means i

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