# John Locke — Pragmatism character guide

> John Locke in Pragmatism by William James.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Locke, himself

**First appearance:** 0003-lecture-i-the-present-dilemma-in-philosophy

## Who they are

The English empiricist who turned personal identity into a pragmatic question of memory, asking what the soul is worth if consciousness vanishes.

## In the story

### [Lecture II: What Pragmatism Means](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pragmatism_se/chapters/lecture-ii-what-pragmatism-means)

Listed as a forerunner of pragmatism who used the method in fragments.

### [Lecture V: Pragmatism and Common Sense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pragmatism_se/chapters/lecture-v-pragmatism-and-common-sense)

Mentioned as part of the philosophic stage of criticism, which has been sterile in shedding light on nature's details.

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