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While the poet's goal is to put imaginative notions into another person's head, ironists instead seek to change themselves.

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An Ironist Must Learn to Listen Poetically

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 11 min read Nick Gall Pragmatism, Richard Rorty, Robert Frost

While the poet’s goal is to put imaginative notions into another person’s head, ironists instead seek to change themselves.

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If metamodernism means a future without tragic conflicts, maybe we're better off with beta-modernism, instead.

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Give Me Beta-Modernism, Instead

April 4, 2023July 10, 2023 9 min read Nick Gall Metamodernism, Modernism, Pluralism, Postmodernism

If metamodernism means a future without tragic conflicts, maybe we’re better off with beta-modernism, instead.

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In a year replete with hardships for so many people, Erraticus contributors concentrated on the themes of hope and meliorism.

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2022 Year in Review: More Meliorism, Please

January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 3 min read The Erraticus Editorial Team Year in Review

In a year replete with hardships for so many people, Erraticus contributors concentrated on the themes of hope and meliorism.

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A defense of Charles Sanders Peirce and William James against the charge that their asymptotic approaches to truth and hope are juvenile.

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Why We Won’t Ever Arrive at Truth

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 13 min read Ian Cran Charles Sanders Peirce, Hope, Meliorism, Pragmatism, Truth, William James

A defense of Charles Sanders Peirce and William James against the charge that their asymptotic approaches to truth and hope are juvenile.

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A year heavy with pragmatist themes, the Editorial Team is thrilled to announce winners for the 2022 Erraticus Awards: Jon Alan Schmidt and Nick Gall.

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2022 Erraticus Award Winners Pit Peirce Against James

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 2 min read The Erraticus Editorial Team Erraticus Awards

A year heavy with pragmatist themes, the Editorial Team is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2022 Erraticus Awards: Jon Alan Schmidt and Nick Gall.

While some pragmatists, including William James (right), argue truth is malleable and constantly changing, logician Charles Sanders Peirce (left) asserts it is our knowledge of truth that is variable, not truth itself.

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Truth as Pragmatism’s Only Hope

November 28, 2022January 4, 2023 6 min read Jon Alan Schmidt Charles Sanders Peirce, Hope, Meliorism, Pragmatism, Truth, William James

Although some pragmatists argue truth is malleable and constantly changing, logician Charles Sanders Peirce asserts it is our knowledge of truth that is variable, not truth itself.

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