Pragmatic theory of truth

In John Dewey's essay Truth and Consequences, he criticizes and reevaluates the traditionally held belief that a true proposition should contain a reference to that which is true about itself. For Dewey, truth should not make a reference to what is ‘really’ perceived, because that is already implied when speaking about anything. Instead, truth is supposed to be thought of as that which will fulfill the requirements of future problem solving activity. In Section one, I will summarize Dewey’s…

material changing essences existed in the becoming (sensible reality). Knowledge and truth can then only be found in the unchanging realm of being, void of relativity and opinion, as we are informed that that which is always changing and relative cannot be considered truth. So what then, if all we perceive and understand empirically is false and relative, can we understand as truth? Plato answers this with his theory of Forms. Residing in his timeless, eternal realm of being are what he…

‘Implicature is a component of speaker meaning that constitutes an aspect of what is meant in a speaker’s utterance without being part of what is said’ (Horn 2006: 3). Broadly speaking, what speaker intends to say is definitely richer than what he directly expresses. This term means the literal sense and non-literal sense of utterance (Horn 2006: 3). Herbert Paul Grice focused on what is said, what particular words mean, what the speaker wants to convey, what the speaker really conveys. Korta…

In order to better understand the concept of Virtue ethics it is necessary to analyze certain philosophers. These philosophers are Socrates through Plato, and Aristotle. There are three branches of normative ethics, and virtue ethics composes one of them; unlike deontology and consequentialism, virtue ethics focuses on the moral character of the individual, hence the name virtue – ethics (Hursthouse). Even though Aristotle’s and Plato’s approach to ethics, are that of virtue ethics, their points…

In Marxism and Other Western Fallacies: An Islamic Critique, Ali Sharadi presents Islam as the most the most comprehensive iteration of humanism. This essay will explore and examine Sharati 's augment based on his critique of Western Liberalism and Marxism. Sharia states that “Western humanism rests firmly on the foundation of that mythological perspective unique to ancient Greece.” (9) He maintains that this form of humanism, emphasizes the struggle between humans and the divine.…

This is to say that the manner in which each group decides to prove their reasoning is similar, and that only the manner is similar, because the reasoning behind each groups beliefs are different, but the approach is not. When discussing the theory of knowledge, the sophist Protagoras has a brief description of what he believes to be the purpose and focal point of life which can also assimilate to what he believes and values in regards to knowledge. In the text it states “…Protagoras criticizes…

individuals do not always say what they mean, or mean what they say in conversational contexts. In this paper, we will expound upon the issue of implicatures present in human communication, as described by Grice. In addition, we will present two related theories which attempt to elucidate how human beings are able to grasp what others mean with seemingly little effort. Lastly, we will look at how easily our cognitive system can be co-opted, by introducing the notion of deception. Having a…

that includes those who claim that an ideology or proposition is true if it works satisfactorily, that the meaning of a proposition is to be found in the practical consequences of accepting it, and that unpractical ideas are to be rejected. The pragmatic method is primarily a method of settling philosophical or spiritual disputes that would be never ending. William James argued that whenever a dispute is serious, we ought to be able to show some practical difference that must follow from one…

theoretical perspectives such as, the life course approach, exchange theory, and symbolic interactionism can be made through the lives and relationships of Gigi, Janine, and Beth by their attempts to survive in or gain relationships with the opposite sex. Firstly, Gigi, a single woman who repeatedly misreads mundane actions…

practice through empirical studies. According to Ladd’s article (1992), the purpose of social work research is more close to one aim that the writer describe: “the aim of science was to create a useful or pragmatic view of reality that, through testing and revision, might eventually approximate ‘truth’”. From my understanding, the underlie assumption of social work research is more close to constructivism and critical idealism.…