Writing in 1913, the professor of moral philosophy at McGill examines the pragmatist movement: its stress on action and purpose, pragmatism as humanism and as ‘Americanism’, its quarrel with Anglo-Hegelian rationalism, and its kinship with the philosophy of Bergson. Caldwell is sympathetic to the new thinking but keeps a critical eye on its claims.
A thoughtful contemporary assessment for readers interested in the history of American and British philosophy. Download the free EPUB.