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" To attain perfect clearness in our thoughts of an object, then, we need only consider what conceivable effects of a practical kind the object may involve — what sensations we are to expect from it, and what reactions we must prepare. "
The Cambridge Companion to William James - Page 6
edited by - 1997 - 406 pages
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University Chronicle, Volume 1

1898 - 592 pages
...that there is no one of them so fine as to consist in anything but a possible difference of practice. To attain perfect clearness in our thoughts of an object, then, we need only consider what effects of a conceivably practical kind the object may involve — what sensations we are to expect...
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The Philosophical Review, Volume 16

Jacob Gould Schurman, James Edwin Creighton, Frank Thilly, Gustavus Watts Cunningham - 1907 - 714 pages
...49-50). And again, Professor James writes : "To attain perfect clearness in our thoughts of an object we need only consider what conceivable effects of...expect from it, and what reactions we must prepare. Our conception of these effects, whether immediate or remote, is then for us the whole of our conception...
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Pragmatism, a New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking: Popular ..., Volume 10

William James - 1907 - 360 pages
...consider what conceivable 1 Translated in the Revue Philosophiqtte for January, 1879 (vol. vii). 46 effects of a practical kind the object may involve—...expect from it, and what reactions we must prepare. Our conception of these effects, whether immediate or remote, is then for us the whole of our conception...
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Pragmatism, a New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking: Popular ..., Volume 10

William James - 1907 - 338 pages
...that there is no one of them so fine as to consist in anything but a possible difference of practice. To attain perfect clearness in our thoughts of an...object, then, we need only consider what conceivable 1 Translated in the Revue Philosophiqye for January, 1879 (vol. vii). 46 effects of a practical kind...
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Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking : Popular Lectures on ...

William James - 1907 - 336 pages
...that there is no one of them so fine as to consist in anything but a possible difference of practice. T*o attain perfect clearness in our thoughts of an...object, then, we need only consider what conceivable 1 Translated in the Revue Philosophiquefai January, 1879 (vol. vii). 46 effects of a practical kind...
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Pragmatism, a New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking: Popular Lectures on ...

William James - 1907 - 336 pages
...that there is no one of them so fine as to consist in anything but a possible difference of practice. To attain perfect clearness in our thoughts of an...object, then, we need only consider what conceivable 1 Translated in the Revue Philosophique for January, 1879 (vol. vii). 46 f If WHAT PRAGMATISM MEANS...
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Pragmatism, a New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking: Popular Lectures on ...

William James - 1907 - 336 pages
...there is no one of them so fine as to consist in anything but a possible difference of practice./Ho attain perfect clearness in our thoughts of an object^ then, we need only consider what conceivable 1 Translated in the Revue Phflotophique for January, 1879 (vol. vii). effects of a practical kind the...
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Pragmatism, a New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking: Popular Lectures on ...

William James - 1907 - 336 pages
...no one of them so fine as to consist in anything but a possible difference of practice. To attain v\ perfect clearness in our thoughts of an object, |then, we need only consider what conceivable 1 Translated in the Revue Philosophique for January, 1879 (vol. vii). -t effects of ja j>racticaLkind....
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The Monist, Volume 18

Paul Carus - 1908 - 786 pages
...that there is no one of them so fine as to consist in anything but a possible difference of practice. To attain perfect clearness in our thoughts of an...expect from it, and what reactions we must prepare. Our conception of these effects, whether immediate or remote, is then for us the whole of our conception...
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Mind, Volume 17

1908 - 624 pages
...that there is no one of them so fine as to consist in anything but a possible difference of practice. To attain perfect clearness in our thoughts of an...expect from it, and what reactions we must prepare. Our conception of these effects, whether immediate or remote, is then for k TV WILLIAM JAMES, Pragmatism....
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