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Há 4 dias · the consequence of pragmatism’s revisionist ontology is that those who frame their work through the lens of pragmatism are not looking for “the Truth” but rather “what fits” for the ...
Há 5 dias · May 23, 2024 issue. Illustration by Oliver Munday. This essay is adapted from my Robert B. Silvers Lecture at the New York Public Library earlier this year, which was drawn from my Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism (Simon and Schuster, 2024).
Há 1 dia · The phrase “American Renaissance” was introduced in 1941 by the critic F. O. Matthiessen, who identified the period from 1850 to 1855 as an “extraordinarily concentrated moment of literary expression.” 1 These years saw the publication of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, and The Blithedale ...
Há 3 dias · Hayden White is a controversial figure in the world of history. Study any textbook on the theory and philosophy of history, and you will be assured that his 1973 book Metahistory marked a revolutionary turning point in historical theory. It marked what came to be known as the ‘linguistic turn’ in historical theory, and has inspired legions of acolytes whose reverence for the master at ...
Há 5 dias · Pragmatism: Pragmatism is a flexible paradigm that suggests research methods should be chosen based on what best addresses the research question. Pragmatists believe reality is constantly changing or debated, so it does not commit to a single reality or method of inquiry.
Há 5 dias · Pragmatics is a subfield of linguistics which studies the meaning of language in its physical, epistemic, linguistic, and social contexts. A person can make a direct speech act, in which what is said is exactly what is meant, or an indirect speech act, where the meaning differs from the actual words spoken. These differences are typically automatically understood because of the context.
Há 1 dia · Philosophy. Philosophy ( φιλοσοφία, 'love of wisdom', in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its own methods and assumptions. Historically, many of the individual ...
