'Truth' in our ideas and beliefs means the same thing that it means in science. It means ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘  (๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’) ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’, to summarize them and get about among them by conceptual shortcuts instead of following the interminable succession of particular phenomena. Any idea upon which we can ride, so to speak; any idea that will carry us prosperously from any one part of our experience to any other part, linking things satisfactorily, working securely, simplifying, saving labor; is true for just so much, true in so far forth, true ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ.

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Pragmatism by William James