 | William James - Abstraction - 1902 - 560 pages
...we must prepare in case the object should be true. Our conception of these practical consequences is for us the whole of our conception of the object,...far as that conception has positive significance at allTJ This is the principle of Peirce, the principle of pragmatism. Such a principle will help us on... | |
 | United States - 1898 - 592 pages
...perfect clearness in our thoughts of an object, then, we need only consider what effects of a conceivably practical kind the object may involve — what sensations...we must prepare. Our conception of these effects, then, is for us the whole of our conception of the object, so far as that conception has positive significance... | |
 | 1906 - 906 pages
...we must prepare in case the object should be true. Our conception of these practical consequences is for us the whole of our conception of the object,...that conception has positive significance at all."' Mr. Schiller states it thus : " The traditional notion of beliefs determined by pure reason alone is... | |
 | 1906 - 914 pages
...we must prepare in case the object should be true. Our conception of these practical consequences is for us the whole of our conception of the object,...that conception has positive significance at all."* Mr. Schiller states it thus: "The traditional notion of beliefs determined by pure reason alone is... | |
 | William James - Pragmatism - 1907 - 336 pages
...Philosophiquefai January, 1879 (vol. vii). 46 effects of a practical kind the object may in- ""' volve — what sensations we are to expect from it, and what...conception of these effects, whether immediate or _remote, is then for us the whole of our conception of the object, so far as that conception * —... | |
 | William James - Pragmatism - 1907 - 336 pages
...Translated in the Revue Philosophique for January, 1879 (vol. vii). 46 f If WHAT PRAGMATISM MEANS i effects of a practical kind the object may involve...— (what sensations we are to expect from it) and whaLjeactions we musj^jjrepare. Our conception ofjhese effects^ whether immediate or remote, is then... | |
 | Susan Elizabeth Blow - Early childhood education - 1908 - 430 pages
...clearness in our thoughts of an object," adds Professor James, " we need only consider what conceivable effects of a practical kind the object may involve...that conception has positive significance at all." l In brief, the pragmatic method is that which tests ideas by their consequences. Its Achilles tendon... | |
 | Paul Carus - Electronic journals - 1908 - 786 pages
...attain perfect clearness in our thoughts of an object, then, we need only consider what conceivable effects of a practical kind the object may involve...that conception has positive significance at all." The statement of Mr. Charles S. Peirce, "that our beliefs are really rules for action," is an explanation,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1908 - 624 pages
...attain perfect clearness in our thoughts of an object, then, we need only consider what conceivable effects of a practical kind the object may involve...effects, whether immediate or remote, is then for k TV WILLIAM JAMES, Pragmatism. 105 us the whole of our conception of the object, so far as that conception... | |
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To attain perfect clearness in our thoughts of an object, then, we need only consider what conceivable effects of a practical kind the object may involve — what sensations we are to expect from it, and what reactions we must prepare. 
