Jon Alan Schmidt

While some pragmatists, including William James (right), argue truth is malleable and constantly changing, logician Charles Sanders Peirce (left) asserts it is our knowledge of truth that is variable, not truth itself.

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Truth as Pragmatism’s Only Hope

November 28, 2022January 4, 2023 6 min read Jon Alan Schmidt Charles Sanders Peirce, Hope, Meliorism, Pragmatism, Truth, William James

Although some pragmatists argue truth is malleable and constantly changing, logician Charles Sanders Peirce asserts it is our knowledge of truth that is variable, not truth itself.