In his series of lectures delivered in 1906, printed as the book Pragmatism, William James identifies what he describes as the "current dilemma in philosophy." This dilemma is that while people need and want science and empiricism because they can see the practical results in the modern world and in their lives, they also want and need some type of spiritual life and spiritual experience. This dilemma had been intensifying throughout the nineteen and twentieth century and...
