08 August 2005

Pragmatism

Alan Wallace seems to have certain sympathy to James's pragmatism, as he show it in some talks and articles.
Well, I like it too ;) And I would make this little single link to The Commens Dictionary of Peirce's Terms, and rescue a bit of pragmatism's roots:

"According to that logical doctrine which the present writer first formulated in 1873 and named Pragmatism, the true meaning of any product of the intellect lies in whatever unitary determination it would impart to practical conduct under any and every conceivable circumstance, supposing such conduct to be guided by reflexion carried to an ultimate limit."

"In particular, he [Nicholas St. John Green] often urged the importance of applying Bain's definition of belief, as "that upon which a man is prepared to act." From this definition, pragmatism is scarce more than a corollary; so that I am disposed to think of him as the grandfather of pragmatism." ('Pragmatism', CP 5.12, 1907)

- Charles S. Peirce

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