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The Meaning of Truth
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The Meaning of Truth

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In this sequel to Pragmatism , one of America’s outstanding philosophers, William James (1842-1910), responds to absolutist critics - believers in immutable truth and innate or inherited knowledge who misrepresent the philosophy of pragmatism as just another form of positivism or regard it as mere egoistic solipsism. Objective truth exists, James argues, but it can only be known in terms of experience; truth isn’t ‘out there’ waiting to be discovered. And knowledge derives from a process of inquiring in which a chain of mental and physical intermediaries connect thought and things.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Country
United States
Date
1 May 1997
Pages
297
ISBN
9781573921381

In this sequel to Pragmatism , one of America’s outstanding philosophers, William James (1842-1910), responds to absolutist critics - believers in immutable truth and innate or inherited knowledge who misrepresent the philosophy of pragmatism as just another form of positivism or regard it as mere egoistic solipsism. Objective truth exists, James argues, but it can only be known in terms of experience; truth isn’t ‘out there’ waiting to be discovered. And knowledge derives from a process of inquiring in which a chain of mental and physical intermediaries connect thought and things.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Country
United States
Date
1 May 1997
Pages
297
ISBN
9781573921381