James and Peirce

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After presenting some parallels between James and Peirce, as regards their views on psychology, truth, ethics, and even realism, some differences between both philosophers are pointed out: whether they favor concrete individuals rather than the community of inquirers, favor life rather than knowledge, take or do not take all aspects of the sceptical challenge seriously, and are committed or not committed to a strong realistic (rather than nominalistic) metaphysics. Such differences, or even oppositions, may have more to do with what they took as decisive in philosophy and, more generally, with their respective conceptions of our ethical priorities.

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