...thinking, just as 'the right' is only the expedient in the way of our behaving."5 Elsewhere he said, "The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons."6 His point in analogizing truth to Tightness...

...view of truth, citing Ferdinand CS Schiller and John Dewey to project his theory of truth. To him, "the true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons" (James, 1907/1981, p. 37). He emphasizes...

...our thinking, just as 'the right' is only the expedient in the way of our behaving (my italics).36 The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief ...".37 "What proves itself to be good" resonates with two contexts in American society at...

...problems. In James' Pragmatism (1907), its application resulted in classifying truth as a moral notion: 'the true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief. Peirce approved neither of James's treatment of truth nor of what he identified as the results...

...of the good, and that truth is found in the ethical relationships among human beings. James writes, "The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for defmite, assignable reasons." William James, Essays in Pragmatism (New...

...was bent on conflating the age-old Platonic ideas of the good and the true. Truth, he insisted, was "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.'"'4 It was patently clear that value —...

...point. 3.3. External Aspects of Science William James (1842-1910) ventures the pragmatic opinion that " the true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief." On this Will Durant observes, yes, if the proof is that of scientific method, but no, if...

...is no Way the World Is."88 He cites William James's pragmatic understanding of truth with approval: "The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief."89 However, what emerges in the later writings more clearly is Rorty's emphasis upon community....

...have seen, more a verb than an adjective or noun for James. Truth happens to things and statements. "The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief." Pragmatism's "only test of probable truth is what works best in the way of leading us,...

...optimises the convenience of C* = Cp* . (This approach corresponds to William James' analysis of truth: ' The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief.'57) Now causal beliefs will provide the most convenient representation of the world if they...