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Pragmatism
“To understand an idea, ask what difference holding it would make in practice.”
01 / SUMMARY
In short
Pragmatism connects meaning, inquiry, and action. Peirce, James, Dewey, and others developed different accounts of truth, experience, and communities of inquiry.
03 / SCENE
In the wild
Two definitions that never alter a prediction, decision, or experience may conceal a merely verbal dispute.
04 / LIMIT
The limit
It is not simply “true means useful to me,” and immediate convenience is not its final standard.
FINAL NOTE
What remains
Translate an abstract difference into consequences for inquiry and conduct.