Sentence:  [S]ome <WSD>pragmatists</WSD> (such as William James) took a more pantheist or pandeist approach by rejecting views of God as separate from the world. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  One who belongs to the philosophic school of pragmatism; one who holds that the meaning of beliefs are the actions they entail, and that the truth of those beliefs consist in the actions they entail successfully leading a believer to their goals.