Bertrand Russell on Pragmatism

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  • Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
  • Bertrand Russell discusses pragmatism, beginning with William James' work "The Will to Believe", and critiquing some of the pragmatist conceptions of truth and knowledge. The audio recording comes from LibriVox and was read by Landon D. C. Elkind.
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    You may also be interested in the following discussion of pragmatism and truth between Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam, and James Conant: • Pragmatism & Truth - R...
    00:00 Introduction
    04:50 The Will to Believe
    24:26 The Nature of Truth
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Комментарии • 32

  • @tomisaacson2762
    @tomisaacson2762 Год назад +17

    Every time I come across excerpts from William James I think "damn I should read more William James." Few philosophers have that mix of clarity, readability, and insight.

    • @benjaminben2392
      @benjaminben2392 Год назад

      Yes definitely but ask the question
      Insight of W James into function or beauty

  • @ohitsthem7601
    @ohitsthem7601 Год назад +1

    Thank you for this! 🙏👌🏻

  • @lizgichora6472
    @lizgichora6472 Год назад +2

    ' All of Splendor ', thank you.

  • @windokeluanda
    @windokeluanda Год назад +1

    Fabulous!🌹

  • @votemonty1815
    @votemonty1815 Год назад +1

    Bravo! 👏

  • @holgerhn6244
    @holgerhn6244 Год назад

    In what way was - say - John Dewey 'bismarckian'? I'm not wholly convinced here...

  • @elderbob100
    @elderbob100 Год назад +3

    When did philosophy become a popularity contest?

  • @dionysianapollomarx
    @dionysianapollomarx Год назад +27

    Only Bertrand Russell would be so eloquently wrong

    • @DawsonSWilliams
      @DawsonSWilliams Год назад +2

      Charlatans are unable to admit they are wrong.

    • @sergiosatelite467
      @sergiosatelite467 3 месяца назад +1

      Right?!!! I love the man. But he did so much to make pragmatism less palatable…I get it somewhat with James, but he could have made at least a minimal effort with Dewey-who was so kind to him on several occasions…

  • @atmassylphen6785
    @atmassylphen6785 10 месяцев назад +2

    So many of you have no idea how anything works, that's why you think Pragmatism has anything useful to say. You find yourself in the world, the world does not find itself in you. Stay humble.

    • @2fiafisdoafw34
      @2fiafisdoafw34 3 месяца назад

      What?

    • @jocr1971
      @jocr1971 2 месяца назад

      pragmatists are not subjective idealists

  • @milanalexich2136
    @milanalexich2136 Год назад

    American Pragmatism.

  • @dialaskisel5929
    @dialaskisel5929 Год назад

    I suppose it is quite useful for ol' Berty to not believe in Pragmatism.

    • @connectingupthedots
      @connectingupthedots 11 месяцев назад +1

      Pragmatism is just relativism dressed up to look pretty.

  • @elderbob100
    @elderbob100 Год назад

    These philosophers come across as rather dour in their photographs.

  • @DawsonSWilliams
    @DawsonSWilliams Год назад +8

    William James will be read for centuries to come; when Russell is only mentioned as the logician who influenced Wittgenstein.

    • @jackakdemir8850
      @jackakdemir8850 Год назад +8

      Holy shit, this guy went straight for the jugular. Take it easy boss.

    • @jackakdemir8850
      @jackakdemir8850 Год назад

      @@a1k131 Onun bir konuşma şekli, popüler Amerikan deyimi

    • @asherreich9820
      @asherreich9820 Год назад +1

      @@a1k131 exactly. It means attacking the throat, going for a direct kill

    • @a1k131
      @a1k131 Год назад

      Anyone care to tell me the difference between philosophies of William James and John Dewey ? I've been reading (and verbally translating to Turkish for one audience) Experience and Nature..(With not much philosophical background).

    • @jmarz2600
      @jmarz2600 Год назад +2

      @@a1k131 Dewey was more influenced by Hegel while James was more influenced by the British Empiricists. James critiques Dewey in a 1904 essay titled "The Chicago School" which will help pave the way to understanding their differences. Neo-Hegelian thought was very influential in Great Britain and the United States at the end of the 19th Century and into the first few decades of the 20th. Almost all of James' writings can be seen as a critique of Neo-Hegelian thought (Royce and Bradley as examples).
      A gross (and somewhat unfair to Dewey) summary is that Dewey thought "truth" was something that we, as a Society, moved towards (Progressivism), while James centered his conception of truth as what worked for the Individual.

  • @davidchamberlain5425
    @davidchamberlain5425 Год назад

    B.R....Pacifist and spent his time in a cell 🤫.writing books and living!...while other souls gave their lives for our today 🤔He however wrote books and relaxed🙄🙄🙄...No respect for this type of ......?