Philosophy
The Nature of Truth in Pragmatist Philosophy
Quick fact
William James famously wrote: 'The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief.'
Why this is interesting
You probably think a statement is true when it matches reality—but what if 'matching reality' is just another way of saying 'it works when we act on it'? Pragmatists turned truth from a static property into a dynamic process.