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February 25, 2010
the ultimate test of a truth
The ultimate test for us of what a truth means is indeed the conduct it dictates or inspires. But it inspires that conduct because it first foretells some particular turn to our experience which shall call for just that conduct from us....the effective meaning of any philosophic proposition can always be brought down to some particular consequence, in our future practical experience, whether active or passive; the point lying rather in the fact that the experience must be particular, than in the fact that it must be active.
William James - Philosophical Conceptions and Practical Results
Posted by amin at February 25, 2010 9:36 AM