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Quotation from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James
“"Which party is right," I said, "depends on what you PRACTICALLY MEAN by 'going round' the squirrel.”
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking, Lecture II (Project Gutenberg text (capitals as printed))
James settles the camping-trip dispute about the man, the tree and the squirrel by drawing a distinction.
Citation: ""Which party is right," I said, "depends on what you PRACTICALLY MEAN by 'going round' the squirrel." — William James, Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking, Lecture II (Project Gutenberg text (capitals as printed)). (id james-pragmatism-q2)
Portrait: William James by Alice M. Boughton, c. 1907, platinum print, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-NPG 87 37James-000001 (cropped), Alice Boughton, Public domain.
