William James's version of pragmatic theory, while complex, is often summarized by his statement that "the 'true' is only the expedient in our way of thinking, just as the 'right' is only the expedient in our way of behaving."[27] By this, James meant that truth is a quality the value of which is confirmed by its effectiveness when applying concepts to actual practice (thus, "pragmatic"). John Dewey, less broadly than James but more broadly than Peirce, held that inquiry, whether scientific, technical, sociological, philosophical or cultural, is self-corrective over time if openly submitted for testing by a community of inquirers in order to clarify, justify, refine and/or refute proposed truthsI could use term Truth in the above context only.Correct me if I am wrong.thank yousekhar sekhar --- On Sun, 20/9/09, iro3isdx <xznwrjnk-evca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: iro3isdx <xznwrjnk-evca@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [Wittrs] Re: How mind works To: wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sunday, 20 September, 2009, 8:38 PM --- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Rajasekhar Goteti <wittrs@...> wrote: > One is free to consider any thing or any way one likes but truth > remains apart from considerations. I am having trouble making sense of that. It seems to have the implication that we need never pay attention to truth (i.e. we need not use it in our considerations). I am doubting that was what you intended. Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak peek http://in.yahoo.com/trynew