William James's Pragmatic Commitment to Absolute Truth

Southern Journal of Philosophy 24:189-200 (1986)
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This paper attempts to bring into focus an important but neglected aspect of james's theory of truth, namely, his pragmatic commitment to a regulative ideal of "absolute" truth. in particular, james's understanding of truth as an "ideal" is explored; this exploration brings into fuller view james's pragmatic theory

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