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Verification can connect a claim to experience through direct checks or supported reliance. James’s account raises a further question about whether this explains discovery, truth or both.
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Guided course · Module 11 · Lesson 61
What difference would an idea make in practice?
Peirce and James tie meaning and truth to practical consequences. How can consequences clarify a claim without making comfort the test of truth?