Believing that truth is what works for actual real people, Harvard psychologist William James developed the philosophy of A. social idealism. B. social progressivism. C. pragmatism. D. radical progressivism.

Believing that truth is what works for actual real people, Harvard psychologist William James developed the philosophy of c) pragmatism. He was equally a trained physician and pragmatism rejects the idea that the function of thought is to describe, represent, or mirror reality.