19571 | Delusion and truth differ in their life functions [Novalis] |
7661 | Truth is the opinion fated to be ultimately agreed by all investigators [Peirce] |
15335 | Peirce's theory offers anti-realist verificationism, but surely how things are is independent of us? [Horsten on Peirce] |
14796 | Independent truth (if there is any) is the ultimate result of sufficient enquiry [Peirce] |
19246 | 'Holding for true' is either practical commitment, or provisional theory [Peirce] |
19095 | Pragmatic 'truth' is a term to cover the many varied aims of enquiry [Peirce, by Misak] |
19097 | Peirce did not think a belief was true if it was useful [Peirce, by Misak] |
21494 | If truth is the end of enquiry, what if it never ends, or ends prematurely? [Atkin on Peirce] |
22305 | If the hypothesis of God is widely successful, it is true [James] |
18984 | True ideas are those we can assimilate, validate, corroborate and verify (and false otherwise) [James] |
7616 | Truth is an idealisation of rational acceptability [Putnam] |
8828 | Truth is rational acceptability [Putnam] |
2549 | For James truth is "what it is better for us to believe" rather than a correct picture of reality [Rorty] |
22665 | Maybe James was depicting the value of truth, and not its nature [Nozick] |
3884 | The pragmatist does not really have a theory of truth [Scruton] |
6627 | Radical pragmatists abandon the notion of truth [Stich, by Lowe] |
19086 | Does the pragmatic theory of meaning support objective truth, or make it impossible? [Macbeth] |
15336 | The pragmatic theory of truth is relative; useful for group A can be useless for group B [Horsten] |
19094 | For pragmatists the loftiest idea of truth is just a feature of what remains forever assertible [Misak] |
19099 | 'True' is used for emphasis, clarity, assertion, comparison, objectivity, meaning, negation, consequence... [Misak] |
19100 | Truth makes disagreements matter, or worth settling [Misak] |
19103 | 'That's true' doesn't just refer back to a sentence, but implies sustained evidence for it [Misak] |
19105 | Truth isn't a grand elusive property, if it is just the aim of our assertions and inquiries [Misak] |
19108 | Truth is proper assertion, but that has varying standards [Misak] |