"It is not even a theory of truth, but merely a technique for ascertaining the meaning of conceptions".
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The view that "Beliefs are the most natural and most metaphysical of all things; knowledge is the practical outgrowth of beliefs and beliefs modify and shape reality" is held by which one of the following philosophers?
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According to William James, if two concepts lead us to identical consequences, what do they mean?
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According to William James, the pragmatic method is to interpret each notion by
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Is it correct to say that other is identical to self?
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Do James gave an argument for God's existence?
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Accordirig to William James, which of the following has to steer us practically as their most important function?
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What is progressive education?
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Who among the following philosophers advocated Pragmaticism?
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Levinas gave the distinction b/w idea of totality and . . . . . . . .
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Which are said to be the product of representationalist paradigm?
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Who leads a foundation to the Theory of Instrumentalism?
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Which among the following is not the classical philosopher?
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Which one of the following is called as 'radical empiricist'?
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Which one is true in the context of William Jame's pragmatism?
1. Universalist notion of truth is rejected
2. Truth is contextless
3. Truth happens to an ideas
1. Universalist notion of truth is rejected
2. Truth is contextless
3. Truth happens to an ideas
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Consider given Assertion (A) and Reason (R) in the light pragmatism of William James and mark the correct answer:
Assertion (A): James rejected the universalist notion of truth.
Reason (R): For James, 'Truth happens to an idea'.
Assertion (A): James rejected the universalist notion of truth.
Reason (R): For James, 'Truth happens to an idea'.
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Match the following in the light of Pierce's classification of 'Semiotics' done in his book Foundations of the Theory of Signs.
| List-I | List-II |
| a. Syntactics | 1. Describes the relation between signs and their interpreters |
| b. Semantics | 2. Describes the relations of signs one to another |
| c. Pragmatics | 3. Describes the manner in which they designate |
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What is the core argument behind representational epistemology?
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Syntactics, Semantics and Pragmatics are the three branches of
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What is the main distinction John Dewey talked about in his work 'A Common Faith'?
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