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... James has in mind is clear enough . The logical positivists clearly belong in the class of the " tough - minded . " James makes the claim that his pragmatism is a species of empiricism . But it is definitely " tender - minded . " Indeed ...
... James has in mind is clear enough . The logical positivists clearly belong in the class of the " tough - minded . " James makes the claim that his pragmatism is a species of empiricism . But it is definitely " tender - minded . " Indeed ...
Page 246
... James , however , set out to establish something much less obvious than that there is no real logical conflict between reli- gion and scientific facts . He meant to say that there are vitally important truths that go beyond anything ...
... James , however , set out to establish something much less obvious than that there is no real logical conflict between reli- gion and scientific facts . He meant to say that there are vitally important truths that go beyond anything ...
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... James clearly avows his relativistic conception of truth . The second is that in the last paragraph James thinks that he is answering Russell's ( and Moore's ) accusation that on James ' view my belief that the Taj Mahal exists is true ...
... James clearly avows his relativistic conception of truth . The second is that in the last paragraph James thinks that he is answering Russell's ( and Moore's ) accusation that on James ' view my belief that the Taj Mahal exists is true ...
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PRELIMINARY EXPLANATIONS ON THE NATURE | 3 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH CEPHALUS | 36 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH THRASYMACHUS | 46 |
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