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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Main Author: Xingming Hu
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2016-12-01
Series:Kriterion
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/kr/v57n135/0100-512X-kr-57-135-0803.pdf