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5 - A Black and Frozen Night

from Part II - The Journey to the Pole

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2019

Catharine Pierce Wells
Catharine Pierce Wells
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Boston College, Massachusetts
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This chapter explores Holmes's law school education and his ongoing philosophy discussions with William James. This leads into a description of the Metaphysical Club – a discussion club that Holmes formed with James, Charles Peirce, Chauncey Wright, and Nicholas St. John Greene that is well known as the originator of American pragmatism. Each member of the group made his own unique contribution, which the chapter details as a way of explaining pragmatism and its effect on Holmes.

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Oliver Wendell HolmesWilliam JamesCharles PeirceChauncey WrightNicholas St. John GreenThe Metaphysical ClubPragmatismPositivismHarvard Law School
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
A Willing Servant to an Unknown God
 , pp. 108 - 137
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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