William James's Pragmatic Theory of Truth

Pragmatist William James is a favorite philosopher of mine. Here, I offer a potentially helpful way to think about James's pragmatic theory of truth and what I believe he is "up to" with it. "“You can say of it either ‘it is useful because it is true’ or ‘it is true because it is useful.’ Both these phrases mean exactly the same thing…”

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