William James. Pragmatism vs. Rationalism. Metaphysics. Why it’s good to believe in God. Louis Menand. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Eugenics and compulsory vaccination. The Civil War: liberalism’s “Good War”? Men of the sword and men of the spirit. Contingencies of Richard Rorty. The professionalization of the university and its price. Corporatism and fascism, yesterday and today. James’s anti-imperialism. Against “big organizations” and “big successes.”
Note: my essay on William James.
Ep. 4. Pragmatism Not Idealism