During the last years of the nineteenth century and the first years of the twentieth century, Pragmatist philosophers such as William James and John Dewey transformed the discipline of philosophy in the United States. Using the assigned reading selections by these two authors, write an essay that explains their intellectual innovations. In what specific ways did James and Dewey believe that the principles and methods of pragmatism advanced beyond other existing schools of philosophy? How did James and Dewey understand the nature of knowledge and the nature of the self? In what ways were their ideas useful to Progressive-Era reformers and social critics?
