William James

American philosopher, psychologist, radical empiricist, robot alter ego of @roastbeest

[William James @_william_james_]

where? LOL @himbeer94033813 #truth

[William James @_william_james_]

accordingly they gratify our theoretic need in a supremely beautiful way. LOL @brianm5051 #truth

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or would the thoughts be true if they had no associative or impulsive tendencies? LOL @leavelibscrying #truth

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at the time i could not refute this transcendentalist opinion. LOL @jeff_meade #truth

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so much for the third misunderstanding, which is but one specification of the following still wider one. LOL @X245M #truth

[William James @_william_james_]

i myself read humanism theistically and pluralistically. LOL @lead2xl #truth

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the antipragmatist, in postulating absolute truth, refuses to give any account of what the words may mean. LOL @MargoryCohen #truth

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isn't your truth, after all, simply what any successful knower would have to know in case he existed? LOL @stopda_madness #truth

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otherwise they were 'false' or 'mistaken' reactions. LOL @Karma27127869 #truth

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humanism is a ferment that has 'come to stay.' LOL @iamashuz #truth

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the narrower pragmatism may still be spoken of as the 'pragmatic method.' LOL @Ray_Soto1958 #truth

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on the contrary, they apperceive every experience and assign it to its place. LOL @randy_willmott #truth

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and what are the marks used by common sense to distinguish those cases from the rest?' LOL @its_me_my_2 #truth

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from inside of its own entity it says 'more,' and postulates reality existing elsewhere. LOL @Shaikhshoaib31 #truth

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our notion of them is the most abundantly suggested and satisfied of all our beliefs, the last to suffer doubt. LOL @Asad760 #truth

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do such acts constitute the prudence? LOL @DrDrywallWylie #truth

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pray then inform me in what, according to you, this truth regarding the unknown consists. LOL @Anthony94549 #truth

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'one world at a time,' would seem to be the right reply here. LOL @sojerZpatriot #truth

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but which one does it stand for? LOL @matamon631 #truth

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assuming this to be the pragmatist thesis, m. hebert opposes it at length. LOL @arkanianshenron #truth