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Quotation from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James
“Truth HAPPENS to an idea. It BECOMES true, is MADE true by events.”
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking, Lecture VI (Project Gutenberg text (capitals as printed))
The heart of the pragmatic theory of truth: verification is a process, not a fixed property of an idea.
Citation: "Truth HAPPENS to an idea. It BECOMES true, is MADE true by events." — William James, Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking, Lecture VI (Project Gutenberg text (capitals as printed)). (id james-pragmatism-q6)
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.
