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Full Idea
Realities are not true, they are; and beliefs are true of them.
Gist of Idea
Realities just are, and beliefs are true of them
Source
William James (The Pragmatist Account of Truth [1908], 'Fourth')
Book Ref
James,William: 'Selected Writings of William James', ed/tr. Bird,Graham [Everyman 1995], p.83
A Reaction
At last, a remark by James about truth which I really like. For 'realities' I would use the word 'facts'.
| 19471 | A fact is a thought that is true [Frege] |
| 22641 | Realities just are, and beliefs are true of them [James] |
| 5418 | In a world of mere matter there might be 'facts', but no truths [Russell] |
| 13988 | Many sentences do not state facts, but there are no facts which could not be stated [Ryle] |
| 8161 | We know we can state facts, with true statements [Dummett] |
| 19278 | There is no gap between a fact that p, and it is true that p; so we only have the truth-condtions for p [Hale] |