Consider the following statements in the context of William James' pragmatism and mark the correct answer:
1. Universalist notion of truth is rejected.
2. Truth is contextless
3. Truth happens to an idea
A. Only (1) is true
B. (1) and (3) are true
C. Only (2) is true
D. (2) and (3) are true
Answer: Option B
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A. pragmatism
B. coherence theory
C. correspondence theory
D. None of these
According to William James, if two concepts lead us to identical consequences, what do they mean?
A. They mean two different things
B. They mean the two absurd things
C. They mean nothing
D. They mean the two same things
According to William James, the pragmatic method is to interpret each notion by
A. checking its correspondence with reality
B. examining its practical consequences
C. checking its coherence with other ideas
D. accepting it as true

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