Questions tagged [pragmatism]
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How do you respond to this common critique of American Pragmatism?
I frequently argue the virtues of anti-epistemological pragmatism(neopragmatism) with people who hold more traditional epistemological views. The most common argument that I hear is:
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The Pragmatic Maxim as a Maxim of Logic? [closed]
Why does the Wikipedia entry on the pragmatic maxim describe it as a "maxim of logic"?
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Evaluative Nihilism (1) : If everything in the world has no objective value, will it have the meaning of having an objective value of zero? [closed]
Let’s talk about an idea from Professor Michael Hauskeller. He says that nothing in the world has an objective value (See note 2*) . If we think about this as everything having a neutral objective ...
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Positive well-being or the absence of values: does it matter what to choose?
In his paper, “If Nothing Matters” (2016), Guy Kahane discusses evaluative nihilism, which is plainly described by him as:
“Nothing is good or bad. All evaluative propositions are false.”
Prof. ...
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Rorty's Pragmatism
When I've heard famous philosophers speak or read their writing, I have usually been impressed by their reasoning and insight even if I didn't agree with them. Richard Rorty is an exception. I ...
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Does the paradox of tolerance mean that intolerance cannot be allowed in a tolerant society?
Rainer Forst describes tolerance as a social norm. So intolerant people and groups violate the social contract by denying the social norm of tolerance. See Hobbes, Locke, Kant et al on social contract....
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Why not move from proof numbers to theories instead of theories to proof numbers?
In mathematics, they do this thing where they figure out what are called "proof-theoretic ordinals" (see this section of the SEP article on proof theory for background details) of theories, ...
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Where is the Ethics in Deep Ecology?
Norwegian philosopher and activist Arne Naess (1912–2009) is credited as a pioneer of the environmental movement and the first to coin the term "deep ecology." Distinguishing between deep ...
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Is predictive power a criterion for pragmatism?
Is predictive power a criterion for pragmatism?
In inference to the best explanation, one of the criteria is prognostic power.
Does this criterion refer to pragmatism?
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How shall I understand these two "oppositions": pragmatism against idealism, positivism against irrationalism?
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Western-philosophy/The-19th-century says
As for the 19th century, however, if one single feature of its thought could be singled out for emphasis, it might be called ...
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What is the place of early pragmatism in analytic philosophy?
What is the place of early pragmatism (James, Dewey, Peirce) in analytic philosophy?
To break down the question: is early pragmatism considered as part of analytic philosophy; does it have a lot of ...
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How do proponents of the correspondence theory of the truth respond to hypothetical counter-factuals?
The vast majority of philosophers today subscribe to the correspondence theory of the truth, that the truth is correspondence to the reality. Two other theories of the truth are the coherence theory ...
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Can morality based in pragmatism delay moral progress?
I read a recent paper about trophy hunting. In it, the authors have a footnote that argues against people who oppose trophy hunting on the basis that it is absolutely wrong.
The authors write:
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In which respects Quine was a pragmatist?
Quine is a representative of the analytic philosophy, a naturalist, a materialist, a robust realist, an empiricist, and a behaviourist.
Additionnally, Quine is often regarded as a pragmatist (Godfrey‐...
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Pragmatism vs Truth: Does evolution prioritise one over the other?
Pragmatism:
Pragmatism is a philosophical movement that includes those who claim that an ideology or proposition is true if it works satisfactorily, that the meaning of a proposition is to be found ...
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