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On James's view, "true" resembles "good" or "rational" in being a normative notion, a compliment paid to sentences that seem to be paying their way and that fit with other sentences which are doing so.
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Introduction to Consequences of Pragmatism (1982)

 

Richard Rorty

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Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way. (Apparently a variation of a view attributed to William James, which Rorty may well share, but not in print as such. See above, from Consequences of Pragmatism (1982))

 

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"But I can't devote myself entirely to a child," said she; "it may die — which is not at all improbable."
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