... if we take the universe of ‘fitting,’ countless coats ‘fit’ backs, and countless boots ‘fit’ feet, on which they are not practically fitted; countless stones ‘fit’ gaps in walls into which no one seeks to fit them actually. In the same way countless opinions ‘fit’ realities, and countless truths are valid, tho no thinker ever thinks them.
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William James (1842–1910), U.S. philosopher, psychologist. Originally published in Philosophical Review (1908). “The Pragmatist Account of Truth and Its Misunderstanders,” The Meaning of Truth (1909).
