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: https://youtu.be/MxL0fQcrjzQ
00:00 Introduction
04:50 The Will to Believe
24:26 The Nature of Truth
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