satisfactoriness

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There is therefore a great deal of room for license, and a great deal of license practiced, when the agreement of our ideas with reality means nothing more than their satisfactoriness to our lives’ demands.

From The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey by Geyer, Delton Loring

A testimonial of their satisfactoriness is their use throughout many centuries.

From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew

For compactness and simplicity and general satisfactoriness this phase of Home Rule diplomacy takes the cake.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John

Their direction constitutes the idea's reference to that reality, their satisfactoriness constitutes its adaptation thereto, and the two things together constitute the 'truth' of the idea for its possessor.

From Meaning of Truth by James, William

Like Dewey and like Schiller, I have had to say that the truth of an idea is determined by its satisfactoriness.

From Meaning of Truth by James, William