Lasswell studied at the University of Chicago in the 1920s, and was highly influenced by the pragmatism taught there, especially as propounded by John Dewey and George Herbert Mead.
Lasswell študoval na Chicagskej Vysokej Škole v roku 1920 a bol tam značne ovplyvnený vyučovaným pragmatizmom, obzvlášť ako ho navrhovali John Dewey a George Herbert Mead.