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Quotation from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James
“THEORIES THUS BECOME INSTRUMENTS, NOT ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, IN WHICH WE CAN REST.”
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking, Lecture II (Project Gutenberg text (capitals as printed))
The instrumental view of theories, printed in capitals in this edition for emphasis.
Citation: "THEORIES THUS BECOME INSTRUMENTS, NOT ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, IN WHICH WE CAN REST." — William James, Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking, Lecture II (Project Gutenberg text (capitals as printed)). (id james-pragmatism-q4)
Portrait: William James by Alice M. Boughton, c. 1907, platinum print, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-NPG 87 37James-000001 (cropped), Alice Boughton, Public domain.
