A sequel to Pragmatism this book continues and advances ideas surrounding concepts of truth, opinion, belief, statement. 'Truth,' I there say, 'is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality. Pragmatists and intellectualists both accept this definition as a matter of course....
William James - The Meaning of Truth
The Meaning of Truth
William James
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Beschreibung
A sequel to Pragmatism this book continues and advances ideas surrounding concepts of truth, opinion, belief, statement. 'Truth,' I there say, 'is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality. Pragmatists and intellectualists both accept this definition as a matter of course.