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The Pragmatic Truth of Existentialism

August 24, 2020August 28, 2020 Donovan Irven 0 Comments Essential Reading, Existentialism, Henri Bergson, Jean-Paul Sartre, Pragmatism, Truth, William James

With culture wars focusing more on the nature of truth, the time is ripe to consider the connection between pragmatism and existentialism.

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The Power of One Idea

June 24, 2020June 26, 2020 Jeffrey Howard 2 Comments Emotional Well-being, Essential Reading, Pragmatism, William James

William James offers a way to evaluate the fruitfulness of ideas by tethering them to the common ground of lived experience.

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The Dude Abides: Pragmatism as an Alternative to Deontology and Nihilism

November 14, 2019May 27, 2020 Matthew Downhour 0 Comments Deontology, Essential Reading, Film, Friedrich Nietzsche, Judaism, Nihilism, Pragmatism

Stuck in the conflict between two worldviews, the Dude offers a pragmatic third way forward for the postmodern world.

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Truth Is Not Absolute, but That Which Works

August 8, 2018June 3, 2020 Cheryl Misak 1 Comment Epistemology, Essential Reading, Pragmatism, William James

A common view of truth aims for that which corresponds with reality. Left with nothing but our own interpretations of the world, Pragmatists, like William James and Charles Peirce, argue that the best we can do is to hold to that which works.

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A Pragmatic Approach to Ideas

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“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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