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The article begins with an overview of pragmatism and the “Pragmatic Maxim”. In particular, it compares Peirce’s conceptions of pragmatism with James’s view that the pragmatic method would allow us to resolve many disputes in philosophy, and argues that their differences undermine any purely ‘Peircian’ reading of James’s Pragmatic ...
William James (1842—1910) William James is considered by many to be the most insightful and stimulating of American philosophers, as well as the second of the three great pragmatists (the middle link between Charles Sanders Peirce and John Dewey ). As a professor of psychology and of philosophy at Harvard University, he became the most famous ...
Hace 5 días · Pragmatism was originally the thesis that the meaning of an idea can be found by attention to its practical consequences. Such an idea is no mere penchant for the practical: Rather, it is a direct and specific theory of meaning with implications beyond the laboratory and the library. As David Boersema points out in his essay on Peirce and ...
9 de sept. de 2020 · He describes the pragmatic movement as an attempt at ‘re-adaptation’ (to American life) and suggests that ‘the practical element … found in all phases of American life’ is the reason why pragmatism (or, ‘instrumentalism’, as he calls it) places great importance on ‘the teleological phase of thought and knowledge’ (Dewey, 1925, in Hickman & Alexander, 1998a, pp. 11–12).
21 de nov. de 2023 · C.S. Peirce developed a version of pragmatism closely related to the physical sciences, and he developed and used the pragmatic maxim. He believed that a belief is not just a concept in your mind ...
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25 de jun. de 2019 · Pragmatism is an American philosophy that originated in the 1870s but became popular in the early 20th century. According to pragmatism, the truth or meaning of an idea or a proposition lies in its observable practical consequences rather than in any metaphysical attributes. Pragmatism can be summarized by the phrase “whatever works, is ...
