...truth, which I can not discuss with detail until my sixth lecture. Let me now say only this, that truth is one species of good, and not, as is usually supposed,...name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons. Surely you must admit this, that if there...

...Let me now say only this, that_truth_ isone species of good, and not, as is usually sup- /> 75 posed, a category distinct from good, and co-ordinate with...name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons. Surely you must admit this, that if there...

...friendly as those of mother nature. Ill SOME METAPHYSICAL PROBLEMS PRAGMATICALLY CONSIDERED posed, a category distinct from good, and co-ordinate with...name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons. Surely you must admit this, that if there...

...species of good, and not, as is usually sup75 posed, a category distinct from good, and co-or/ dinate with it. The true is the name of whatever \* ) proves itself to be good in the -Tfrr^ af frgfa^^ I and good, too, for jle finite, asjtignjMe-xeafQns^ Surely you must admit this,...

...not, as is usually sup. posed, a category distinct from good, and co-or( dinate with it. The tribe is the name of whatever ) proves itself to be good in the way of belief, \_ and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons. (Surely you must admit this, that if...

...Professor James tells us, is "a genetic theory of what is meant by truth." " The true," he writes, "is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite assignable reasons ' ' (p. 76; italics the author's). We cannot...

...belief and one which is not true. " Truth is one species of good, and not, as is usually supposed, it category distinct from good, and co-ordinate with...name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite assignable reasons " (p. 75). This first sketch is worked out...

...& Co., 1907. Let us see what he makes of it. We read on page 76 an italicized definition of truth: "The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons." Professor James seems to outdo Bentham's...

...là, cette assertion de W. James que le vrai est une espèce de genre bien : « The true, ajoute-t-il, is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons». (Pragmatism p. 76). Et plus loin : «...

...help us to get into satisfactory relation with other parts of our experience " (p. 58). Again : "Truth is one species of good, and not, as is usually supposed, a category distinct from good, and co1 Cf., eg, Le Roy, " Comment se pose le probl&me de Dieu," Revue de Afttaphysique etde Morale, xv....