The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons.
Philosophers
William James
Born in New York in 1842, William James laid the intellectual foundations of both psychology and philosophy in America. He established the country's first psychology course in 1875, earning the title 'father of American psychology,' and co-founded pragmatism with Peirce. His concept of the 'stream of consciousness' influenced literature as well as science, and The Varieties of Religious Experience reframed religion as personal inner experience.
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William James's Other Quotes
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
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The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.
-- William James
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
-- William James
It is raining, but I don't believe that it is raining.
-- G. E. Moore
The opinion which is fated to be ultimately agreed to by all who investigate, is what we mean by the truth, and the object represented in this opinion is the real.
-- Charles Sanders Peirce
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
-- John Dewey
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.
-- Steve Jobs