Full Idea
Concepts for the pragmatist are things to come back into experience with, things to make us look for differences.
Gist of Idea
We return to experience with concepts, where they show us differences
Source
William James (Pragmatism - eight lectures [1907], Lec 3)
Book Reference
James,William: 'Pragmatism - eight lectures' [Dover 1995], p.37
A Reaction
That's good. I like both halves of this. Experience gives us the concepts, but then we 'come back' into experience equipped with them. Presumably animals can look for differences, but concepts enhance that hugely. Know the names of the flowers.