Footnotes

  1. See for example an article by Alfred Lloyd on “Conformity, Consistency, and Truth” in the Journal of Philosophy for May 22, 1913; also Boodin’s Truth and Reality, Caldwell’s Pragmatism and Idealism, De Laguna’s Dogmatism and Evolution, Murray’s Pragmatism, Moore’s Pragmatism and Its Critics, and others. [Return]
  2. “The Pragmatic Method”, University of California Chronicle 1898. Reprinted in Journal of Philosophy, 1904, v. 1, p. 673. Page references are to the latter. [Return]
  3. “The Meaning of Truth”, Preface, p. viii. [Return]
  4. Same, p. 137. [Return]
  5. “The Psychology of Belief”, Mind 1889, v. 14, p. 31. [Return]
  6. Vol. II, chapter XXI. [Return]
  7. Mind, N. S. 13, p. 457. [Return]
  8. This paragraph appears as a footnote. [Return]
  9. Boodin: Truth and Reality, pp. 193-4. [Return]
  10. Lee: Vital Lies, vol. 1, pp. 11, 31, 33, 72. [Return]
  11. It is interesting to see that Peirce had the following comment to make in 1878 upon the utility of truth. “Logicality in regard to practical matters is the most useful quality an animal can possess, and might, therefore, result from the action of natural selection; but outside of these it is probably of more advantage to the animal to have his mind filled with pleasing and encouraging visions, independently of their truth; and thus upon impractical subjects, natural selection might occasion a fallacious tendency of thought”. (From the first article in the series “Illustrations of the Logic of Science”, Popular Science Monthly, vol. 12, p. 3). [Return]
  12. For example, in the Meaning of Truth, pages 195 and 233. [Return]
  13. Mind, N. S. 15, July 1906. Reprinted in “The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy and Other Essays”, p. 77. Page references are to the latter. [Return]
  14. What Does Pragmatism Mean by Practical?”, Journal of Philosophy, etc., 1908, v. 5, p. 85. [Return]
  15. The last four sentences appear in a footnote. [Return]