The Meaning of Truth

A Sequel to ‘Pragmatism’

by

William James

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2009

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Table of Contents

Preface
  1. The Function of Cognition
  2. The Tigers in India
  3. Humanism and Truth
  4. The Relation Between Knower and Known
  5. The Essence of Humanism
  6. A Word More About Truth
  7. Professor Pratt on Truth
  8. The Pragmatist Account of Truth and Its Misunderstanders
  9. The Meaning of the Word Truth
  10. The Existence of Julius Caesar
  11. The Absolute and the Strenuous Life
  12. Professor Hebert on Pragmatism
  13. Abstractionism and ‘Relativismus’
  14. Two English Critics
  15. A Dialogue

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