# Dedication explained — Pragmatism

> Chapter companion for Pragmatism by William James.

## What happens

The chapter is a brief dedication to John Stuart Mill, acknowledging him as the source from whom the author first learned the pragmatic openness of mind and imagining him as a leader if he were alive today.

## Themes in this chapter

### Pragmatic Method

The dedication explicitly credits Mill for teaching the 'pragmatic openness of mind,' a core aspect of the pragmatic method.

## Character check-ins

### The Narrator

The author dedicates the work to John Stuart Mill, expressing personal admiration.

### John Corcoran

Mentioned as the dedicatee, from whom the author learned pragmatic openness of mind.

## Key lines

> To the Memory of John Stuart Mill from whom I first learned the pragmatic openness of mind and whom my fancy likes to picture as our leader were he alive today.

This book is dedicated to the memory of John Stuart Mill, who first taught me the pragmatic openness of mind, and whom I imagine as our leader if he were still alive.

_The author expresses gratitude and admiration for Mill's influence on his pragmatic thinking._

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