Full Idea
Peirce was not in the slightest bit tempted by the thought that a belief is true if it is useful.
Gist of Idea
Peirce did not think a belief was true if it was useful
Source
report of Charles Sanders Peirce (works [1892]) by Cheryl Misak - Pragmatism and Deflationism 2
Book Reference
'New Pragmatists', ed/tr. Misak,Cheryl [OUP 2009], p.73
A Reaction
All students of the pragmatic theory of truth should start with this idea, because it rejects the caricature view of pragmatic truth, a view which is easily rebutted. James seems to have been guilty of this sin.
Related Idea
Idea 2914 One must never ask whether truth is useful [Nietzsche]