“Truth, says instrumentalism, is what works out, that which does what you expect it to do. The judgment is true when you can "bank" on it and not be disappointed. If, when you predict, or when you follow the lead… — Holly Estil Cunningham Copy Share Image
“It is a well known fact that even among highly cultured peoples the belief in animism prevails generally. Even the scholar may kick the… — Holly Estil Cunningham Copy Share
“…it can hardly be over-exaggerated that speculative thinking is always drawn from the necessities of the time, that it is always practical, that it… — Holly Estil Cunningham Copy Share
“Among peoples who possess a highly developed pugnacious instinct we find the greatest progress in the arts, sciences, social and political organization, commerce and… — Holly Estil Cunningham Copy Share
“A doctrine of expression rather than one of suppression makes a stronger appeal to man.” — Holly Estil Cunningham Copy Share
“…let us point out precisely the difficulties of empiricism as a theory of knowledge. First, it begins with two fixed, unchangeable ultimates--mind and matter.… — Holly Estil Cunningham Copy Share
“Truth, says instrumentalism, is what works out, that which does what you expect it to do. The judgment is true when you can "bank"… — Holly Estil Cunningham Copy Share
“Empiricism teaches that there is a real world of fixed things on the outside and that ideas of these outside things are stamped on… — Holly Estil Cunningham Copy Share
