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How to Make Our Ideas Clear
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How to Make Our Ideas Clear develops Peirce’s pragmatic maxim. It connects clear meaning with practical effects while leaving beliefs answerable to inquiry.
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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?