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Author: Cheryl Misak

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Ideas Philosophy 

Truth Is Not Absolute, but That Which Works

August 8, 2018April 22, 2021 6 min read Cheryl Misak Epistemology, Pragmatism, William James

A common view of truth aims for that which corresponds with reality. Left with nothing but our own interpretations of the world, Pragmatists, like William James and Charles Peirce, argue that the best we can do is to hold to that which works.

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“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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