Truth happens to an idea. It becomes true, is made true by events. Its…

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Truth happens to an idea. It becomes true, is made true by events. Its verity is in fact an event, a process: the process namely of its verifying itself, its veri-fication. Its validity is the process of its valid-ation. ✨ Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking Lecture 6 (1907)
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Truth happens to an idea. It becomes true, is made true by events. Its verity is in fact an event, a process: the process namely of its verifying itself, its veri-fication. Its validity is the process of its valid-ation. ✨ Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking Lecture 6 (1907)

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