实用主义
Pragmatism
William James · 初版 1907 年
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- 篇幅短小易读且行文具有哲学罕见的清晰度
- 引导读者认识“有用”有时比死板的“真”更有价值
- 承载美国实用主义哲学独有的乐观主义色彩
“以下讲座于 1906 年 11 月和 12 月在波士顿的 Lowell Institute 发表，并于 1907 年 1 月在纽约哥伦比亚大学发表”——序言。“1907 年 6 月初版。1907 年 7 月（两次）、10 月重印”——扉页背面。包含索引。哲学当前的困境——实用主义的含义——以实用主义观点考察若干形而上学问题——一与多——实用主义与常识——实用主义的真理观——实用主义与人道主义——实用主义与宗教。
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……否认这些论断的有用性，我们是在否认我们认知的确定性是神圣不可侵犯的。如果你想要一本极其简短、通俗易懂、原生英文写就，并且是某一领域集大成之作的读物：威廉·詹姆斯的《实用主义》（Pragmatism）。另外提一句：>如果 c 本来就是你定义的，那么 2 x pi x r = c 同样是同义反复。这显然没什么用。我不知道哎，我觉得挺有用的。
…denying the usefulness of these claims, we are denying the certainty of our knowledge being divine. If you want an extremely short book, easy to read, natively English, and the Magnum Opus of a field: Pragmatism by William James. Separately: >2 x pi x r = c is a also tautological if that is what you defined c to be. That's obviously not useful. Idk, I find it useful.
遇到这种情况，就去看看威廉·詹姆斯的《实用主义》，然后你就会明白：你大可以仅仅根据什么对自己更有适应价值，来决定自己想相信什么。（说起来容易做起来难，首先得说服自己“正确”往往不如“有用”来得更有价值。）
When that happens go to William James and read Pragmatism, then realize you can just decide what you want to believe based on what is adaptive for you. (Easier said than done, and first requires convincing yourself that “true” is often less valuable than “useful.”)
> 遇到这种情况，就去看看威廉·詹姆斯的《实用主义》，然后你就会明白：你大可以仅仅根据什么对自己更有适应价值，来决定自己想相信什么。可到了那个时候，也千万别忘了那些保持沉默、视而不见的适应论者……
> When that happens go to William James and read Pragmatism, then realize you can just decide what you want to believe based on what is adaptive for you. Now when that happens, also make sure to remember all the adaptationists who stayed silent and turned a blind…
……HN 上讨论实用主义哲学家及其著作的内容。我也很高兴看到这篇文章至少触及了詹姆斯的作品如何与当下的政治和现实议题相契合。美国实用主义的标志性特征之一就是它的乐观主义。平心而论，眼下大众对社会现状的普遍情绪是觉得我们在走下坡路。我发现阅读詹姆斯的著作，并同他人聊起这些……
…Pragmatist Philosophers and their works on HN. I'm also glad to see that this article at least touches on how James' work relates to contemporary politics and issues. One of the defining features of American Pragmatism is it's optimism. I think it's fair to say that the currently widely held sentiment about the state of society is that we are on the decline. I find that reading James, and talking to others about the…
不要读那些关于威廉·詹姆斯的二手书，直接读点威廉·詹姆斯的原文！他的那本《实用主义》篇幅很短，网上很容易免费找到，而且带着他标志性的文风：清晰度几乎无人能及，尤其是在讨论哲学时。节选一段：不论一个职业学者有着怎样的气质……
Don’t read about William James, just read a bit of William James! His book Pragmatism is short, freely available, and has his signature writing style: a clarity that is nearly unmatched anywhere, and especially when discussing philosophy. An excerpt: Of whatever temperament a professional…
……本体论。你对数学实存抱有一种近乎宗教式的看法，不过大多数非哲学专业的人也是如此。是柏拉图把我们带偏了。关于进阶阅读，本体论是一个更大的分支，但威廉·詹姆斯的《实用主义》有声书才 2.5 小时，基本上正是它引出了传统本体论与分析哲学之间的分野。
…of ontology. You have an almost religious view of mathematical existances, but so do most non-philosophers. Plato corrupted us. For further reading, Ontology is the greater branch, but William James's Pragmatism is only a 2.5 hour audiobook and basically caused the divide between your traditional Ontology, and analytical philosophy.