James, William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...thinking." Ideas do not reproduce objects, but prepare for, or lead the way...conceivable effects of a practical kind the object may involve what sensations we are...reactions we must prepare." This theory of knowledge James called pragmatism...organized by means of "conjunctive relations" that are as much a matter of direct...consciousness as only one type of conjunctive relation within experience, not as an entity...