 Bittle cited what he saw as contradictions in pragmatism, such as using objective facts to prove that truth does not emerge from objective fact; this reveals that pragmatists do recognize truth as objective fact, and not, as they claim, what is useful.Bittle argued there are also some statements that cannot be judged on human welfare at all.Such statements (for example the assertion that "a car is passing") are matters of "truth and error" and do not affect human welfare.