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 6edited by - 1997 - 406 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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