In This Reading James Sets Forth His View of Truth

question 3

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In this reading James sets forth his view of truth. He holds that truth is dynamic rather than static and is to be defined in terms of beliefs that are useful or satisfying. Unlike the "intellectualists" (James's characterization of the traditional static approaches to the question of truth, i.e., the correspondence theorists), truth is in process-still becoming and changing. Yesterday's truth is today's falsehood, and today's truth is tomorrow's half-truth. What really matters is what you can do with an idea, what difference it makes to your life, its (in James's term) "cash-value."
-James says that true ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify.

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Definitions:

Elaborative Rehearsal

A memory technique that involves enhancing information to be remembered by associating it with existing knowledge or expanding on its meaning.

Primacy Effect

The inclination to recall details presented at the start of a list more effectively than those that come afterward.

Rote Rehearsal

A method of memorization through repetition, often without understanding the material's deeper meaning or context.

Mental Representation

A cognitive concept that refers to the mind's ability to hold, process, and manipulate information in the form of images, words, and symbols.