[CG] Pragmatic Truth

Pragmatic Truth • 1 • http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/07/08/pragmatic-truth-1/ All, Questions about the “pragmatic conception of truth” have broken out in several quarters, asking in effect, “What conceptions of truth arise most naturally from and are best suited to pragmatic ways of thinking?” My best thoughts on that score were written out quite a few years ago, in an article I originally wrote for Wikipedia. I haven't dared look at what's become of it on that site — linked below is my current fork on another wiki. Pragmatic Theory Of Truth • https://oeis.org/wiki/Pragmatic_Theory_Of_Truth It begins as follows … ❝“Pragmatic theory of truth” refers to those accounts, definitions, and theories of the concept “truth” distinguishing the philosophies of pragmatism and pragmaticism. The conception of truth in question varies along lines reflecting the influence of several thinkers, initially and notably, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey, but a number of common features can be identified. ❝The most characteristic features are (1) a reliance on the “pragmatic maxim” as a means of clarifying the meanings of difficult concepts, truth in particular, and (2) an emphasis on the fact that the product variously branded as belief, certainty, knowledge, or truth is the result of a process, namely, “inquiry”.❞ Et sic deinceps … Resources — Logic Syllabus • https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/logic-syllabus/ Pragmatic Maxim • https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/08/07/pragmatic-maxim-a/ Truth Theory • https://oeis.org/wiki/Truth_theory Pragmatic Theory Of Truth • Document History • https://oeis.org/wiki/Pragmatic_Theory_Of_Truth • https://oeis.org/wiki/Pragmatic_Theory_Of_Truth#Document_history Correspondence Theory Of Truth • https://oeis.org/wiki/Correspondence_Theory_Of_Truth Regards, Jon cc: https://www.academia.edu/community/5AEygK