 | Education - 1908 - 874 pages
...[pragmatic] method is simply to put an end to philosophical disputes by Inquiring what difference it would practically make to any one if this notion rather than that notion were true." I was at once reminded of recent geometrical discussions. I should like to see treated in your magazine... | |
 | William James - Pragmatism - 1907 - 336 pages
...of the world ; and disputes over such notions are unending. The pragmatic method in such cases is to try to interpret each notion by tracing its respective...idle. Whenever a dispute is serious, we ought to be \ able to show some practical difference that must follow from one side or the other's being right.... | |
 | William James - Pragmatism - 1907 - 360 pages
...notion by- * tracing^ its respective practical consequences. What diffpTpnofl wnnlfT ifj~prn.pt.igfl.11y make to any one if this notion rather than that notion...idle. Whenever a dispute is serious, we ought to be able to show some practical difference that must follow from one side or the other's being right. A... | |
 | William James - Philosophy - 1907 - 338 pages
...of the world; and disputes over such notions are unending. The pragmatic method in such cases is to try to interpret each notion by tracing its respective...consequences. What difference would it practically make to any oneif Jhis notion,., rather than thaJt^ notion were true ? If no practical difference whatever can... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1908 - 624 pages
...picturesque, is very far from lucid. We find on page 45 : " The pragmatic method in such cases is to try to interpret each notion by tracing its respective...practical difference whatever can be traced, then the observations mean practically the same thing, and all dispute is idle." On the next page it is said,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1909 - 756 pages
...the Scriptures are to be at the bottom of all theological thought. James's language would convey : " what difference would it practically make to any one...if this notion rather than that notion were true." Turning now to the content of " Some Aspects of Rabbinic Theology," we notice that the aim which the... | |
 | Bertrand Russell - Philosophy - 1910 - 202 pages
...of the world ; and disputes over such notions are unending. The pragmatic method in such cases is to try to interpret each notion by tracing its respective...idle. Whenever a dispute is serious, we ought to be able to show some practical difference that must follow from one side or the other's being right."... | |
 | James Seth - Philosophy, English - 1912 - 404 pages
...life as these change with its changing circumstances. ' The pragmatic method,' he tells us, ' is to try to interpret each notion by tracing its respective...mean practically the same thing, and all dispute is idle.'2 In other words, the theoretical must be reduced to the practical difference. The pragmatic... | |
 | Frederic William Westaway - Method (Philosophy) - 1912 - 474 pages
...14-6. I Metaphysics is " 1'art de .V,V.•n , i av«c m.•t in .. I. ' ", '•ally make to anyone if this notion rather than that notion were true? If no practical differences whatever can be traced, then the alternatives mean practically the same thing, and all... | |
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The pragmatic method in such cases is to try to interpret each notion by tracing its respective practical consequences. What difference would it practically make to any one if this notion rather than that notion were true? If no practical difference whatever... 
