＜研究ノート＞ Pragmatism's Theory of Truth in the Eyes of Counseling : Study Notes

Abstract

This is an author's study note on pragmatism : how the concept of truth was thought and described in pragmatism. For this, the author has chosen the concept of truth appeared in the "Pragmatism and Other Essays" by William James. The concept was functional and hence, thought to be applicable in the practice of counseling. Then, studied was the definition of "practical" whether it was similar to that of Charles Peirce's. Bertrand Russell was also cited in order to examine James's view of truth. The author's note continued to apply the pragmatism's truth into counseling. One of the results was that the truth was a go-between because it married the tender-minded to the tough-minded so as to harmonize empiricist ways of thinking with the more religious demands of human beings.