https://wiki.objectivismonline.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3AEpistemologyTalk:Epistemology - Revision history2026-07-02T01:27:48ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.2https://wiki.objectivismonline.com/index.php?title=Talk:Epistemology&diff=7985&oldid=prevBold Standard at 22:30, 16 June 20062006-06-16T22:30:32Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The William James reference in the "Problem of Universals" section is absolutely unfounded. James was a pragmatist, which means he was a subjectivist. For him, a concept is valid if, and only if, it serves a practical purpose, and that purpose ''makes it valid''-- whether it "corresponds to reality" is, for James, irrelevent. That ''is'' reality, in his view. In what way this anticipates the Objectivist theory of concepts, is beyond me.</div>Bold Standard