For those so interested, here is a fascinating and important essay on “pragmatism.” Pragmatism has many varieties and is easily misunderstood. It does pose a challenge to the Christian faith or to anything that purports to have a fixed truth. As Walter Lippmann said, “…our primary care must be to keep the habits of mind flexible and adapted to the movement of real life…” In other words, there are no fixed rules or beliefs.
William James, the good looking fella on the left, is the focus of this piece:
It has little to do with the subject of pragmatism, but I once heard it said about William James that he wrote his psychology books as if he were a novelist while his famous brother Henry James wrote novels as if they were psychology books. For what it is worth.
I recall hearing that as well. Pretty interesting observation!