Tag
Pragmatism
Entries tagged pragmatism.
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Tradition
Pragmatism
The meaning and truth of an idea lie in its practical consequences: a belief is a rule for action, and inquiry, not correspondence to a fixed reality, is where knowledge is settled.
10 min
ConceptStructuralism versus Functionalism
Psychology's founding argument: dissect the mind into its raw elements, or ask what mental processes do for the organism, and the second question proved the more useful science.
7 min
ConceptTheories of Truth
Rival accounts of what makes a proposition true: matching the world, fitting a system, working in practice, or nothing substantive at all.
10 min