Pragmatism - William James - Part 8

Book review and commentary on: William James: Pragmatism and Other Essays (1963) Simon & Schuster 5th Printing 1972 Pocket Books - Washington Square Press William James born in 1842, died in 1910 Claimed that 'truth' was a process of discovery. Truth for the pragmatist depends on the definitions of the terms involved and the particularly involved results observed over time. Pragmatism: a theory of meaning whereby the meaning of a statement is determined by the sum of its verifiable consequences. This book I am reviewing includes a series of lectures that were given in 1906 at the Lowell Institute in Boston and in 1907 at Columbia University in New York.
This video covers the essay:
'On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings'