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Há 20 horas · It makes truth ‘a useless word’ and, ‘having no use for this meaning of the word “truth”, we had better use the word in another sense’ (CP: 5.553, 1905). A concept of truth that is useful in inquiry and fulfils the functions it actually plays in our lives (such as being that at which we aim when we investigate or deliberate), is indefeasibility , or beliefs that would stand up to ...
Há 5 dias · A case is made through pragmatic accuracy to encourage a sustained focus on the inclusion of empirical content in an emerging formal theory to increase its applicability and generalizability. The reformulated pragmatic accuracy also offers two lengths for formal grounded theories, article-length and book-length, depending upon the requirements of the topic and the researcher.
Há 3 dias · Tarski’s semantic theory of truth was originally formulated in Polish [see ), then expressed in German (see ), and finally presented in English (see [35, 36]). I will try to document that some frequent misinterpretations of this influential conception, logical as well as philosophical, stem from the fact that some features of Polish disappear via comments made in other languages ...
Há 1 dia · Take a decision theory, and add whatever ingredients it needs to select an option from any decision problem it faces: if it’s expected utility theory, it’ll need credences and utilities (as well as a tie-breaking function, which selects a single option if there’s more than one that maximizes expected utility); if it’s Maximin, it’ll just need utilities (and again a tie-breaking ...
Há 20 horas · The basis for this idea is the pragmatic theory of language proposed by Habermas, which I have discussed in relation to literature in some detail (Boucher 2021). According to this theory, statements make implicit truth claims against referential worlds that are constituted through intersubjective agreement.
Há 1 dia · Different interpretations of pragmatism variously emphasize: truth as the final outcome of ideal scientific inquiry and experimentation, truth as closely related to usefulness, experience as transacting with (instead of representing) nature, and human practices as the foundation of language.
Há 1 dia · The fundamental concept of pragmatic (tactical or strategic) nonviolent action is to create a social dynamic or political movement that can project a national and global dialogue that affects social change without necessarily winning over those who wish to maintain the status quo.
