PRAGMATISM IS A TREND OF PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT. JAMES IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE GODFATHER OF THIS NAMING.
JAMES WAS BORN AS A MEMBER OF FAMOUS JAMES FAMILY. HE GOT M.D. FROM HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL IN 1869, AND BEGAN TO TEACH ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. THEN HE STUDIED PSYCHOLOGY AND BECAME A WORLD FAMOUS PSYCHOLOGIST. ON THE OTHER HAND,
HE WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS AND EVEN THE 0 WORLD AFFAIRS LIKE
HIGHER MIND, MIND CURES, MEDIUMS, TELEPATHY AND SO ON.@
BEHIND HIS STUDY IN THESE MATTERS, THERE WAS AN INFLUENCE OF MRS. PIPER, FAMOUS MEDIUM AT THAT TIME. BUT JAMES WAS ALWAYS SPECULATING ON THE FREE WILL OF HUMAN NATURE, THEREFORE, THIS KIND OF RESEARCH MIGHT HAVE BEEN INEVITABLE FOR HIM.