A FEW PUZZLES ABOUT WILLIAM JAMES' THEORY OF TRUTH
ABSTRACT William James makes several major claims about truth: (i) truth means agreement with reality independently of the knower, (ii) truth is made by human beings, (iii) truth can be verified, and (iv) truth is necessarily good. These claims give rise to a few puzzles: (i) and (ii) seem to contra...
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| description | ABSTRACT William James makes several major claims about truth: (i) truth means agreement with reality independently of the knower, (ii) truth is made by human beings, (iii) truth can be verified, and (iv) truth is necessarily good. These claims give rise to a few puzzles: (i) and (ii) seem to contradict each other, and each of (ii), (iii), and (iv) has counter-intuitive implications. I argue that Richard Gale's interpretation of James' theory of truth is inadequate in dealing with these puzzles. I propose an alternative interpretation and show how it can solve these puzzles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-29a028aa728b4437a9138bb1d59824e22022-12-21T19:23:43ZdeuUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisKriterion0100-512X2016-12-015713580382110.1590/0100-512x2016n13511xhA FEW PUZZLES ABOUT WILLIAM JAMES' THEORY OF TRUTHXingming HuABSTRACT William James makes several major claims about truth: (i) truth means agreement with reality independently of the knower, (ii) truth is made by human beings, (iii) truth can be verified, and (iv) truth is necessarily good. These claims give rise to a few puzzles: (i) and (ii) seem to contradict each other, and each of (ii), (iii), and (iv) has counter-intuitive implications. I argue that Richard Gale's interpretation of James' theory of truth is inadequate in dealing with these puzzles. I propose an alternative interpretation and show how it can solve these puzzles.http://www.scielo.br/pdf/kr/v57n135/0100-512X-kr-57-135-0803.pdfWilliam Jamestruthverificationrealityrelativismdesire-satisfaction |
| spellingShingle | Xingming Hu A FEW PUZZLES ABOUT WILLIAM JAMES' THEORY OF TRUTH Kriterion William James truth verification reality relativism desire-satisfaction |
| title | A FEW PUZZLES ABOUT WILLIAM JAMES' THEORY OF TRUTH |
| title_full | A FEW PUZZLES ABOUT WILLIAM JAMES' THEORY OF TRUTH |
| title_fullStr | A FEW PUZZLES ABOUT WILLIAM JAMES' THEORY OF TRUTH |
| title_full_unstemmed | A FEW PUZZLES ABOUT WILLIAM JAMES' THEORY OF TRUTH |
| title_short | A FEW PUZZLES ABOUT WILLIAM JAMES' THEORY OF TRUTH |
| title_sort | few puzzles about william james theory of truth |
| topic | William James truth verification reality relativism desire-satisfaction |
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