@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 28 Mar 2024}, author = {James,William}, subject = {Theories}, note = {Diaz-Bone I 72/73 Theory/Practice/James: E.g History of a squirrel: a squirrel hides from a hiker, by always moving on the far side of a tree. "Metaphysical question": Does the hiker walk around the squirrel when he or she walks around the tree? The solution depends on how to define its terms. >Metaphysics/James. Pragmatism: pragmatism serves primarily to clarify such stories, which would otherwise be endlessly pushed back and forth. The method is to choose the answer with regard to their respective practical consequences. For example, is a chemical substance a compound with a labile hydrogen atom that oscillates between two positions, or is it a mixture of isomers? Solution: the answer depends on the practical effects within an experiment. The debate becomes meaningless. I 74 Theory/James: a theory is also a form of practice, a meaning being separated from any action, perpetuity, belief is not conceivable. >Pragmatism/James. --- Horwich I 24 Theory/James: alternative theories can sometimes be just as compatible with all existing truths. (JamesVsCoherence Theory).(1) 1. William James (1907) "Pragmatisms Conception of Truth“ (Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, 4 p. 141-55 and 396-406) in: Paul Horwich (Ed.) Theories of Truth, Aldershot 1994}, note = { James I R. Diaz-Bone/K. Schubert William James zur Einführung Hamburg 1996 Horwich I P. Horwich (Ed.) Theories of Truth Aldershot 1994 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=420732} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=420732} }