ABSTRACT
Universal conceptions, as things to take account of, may be as real for pragmatism as particular sensations are. If they have any use they have that amount of meaning. And the meaning will be true if the use squares well with life's other uses. The whole clash of rationalistic and empiricist religion is thus over the validity of possibility. Religion in the sense of self-surrender, and moralism in the sense of self-sufficingness, have been pitted against each other as incompatibles frequently enough in the history of human thought. So we see concretely two types of religion in sharp contrast. Using our old terms of comparison, we may say that the absolutistic scheme appeals to the tender-minded while the pluralistic scheme appeals to the tough. People see that pragmatism can be called religious, if people allow that religion can be pluralistic or merely melioristic in type.
