Lexicon of Arguments

 

VI 105
Pragmatism/Reality/Rorty: pragmatism thinks it is pointless to ask whether neutrinos really are entities or are merely useful heuristic fictions.
>Fiction, >Theoretical entities.
VI 111
Difference/Pragmatism: every difference must make a difference in terms of practice.
>Distinction without a difference, >Practise.
VI 112
G.K. ChestertonVsPragmatism: "Pragmatism is about human needs, and one of the most important human needs is to be more than a pragmatist."
Vi 186
Language/Sellars: cannot be verified at all on the base of non-linguistic things! Rorty: Therefore, only utility is interesting for pragmatism.
>Benefit.
There is nothing non-human, to which we are committed!
VI 286f
Preference for small compromises rather than large theoretical syntheses. VI 290
VI 425
Truth/pragmatism/benefits/James/Rorty: contrary to some problematic formulations by James the truth is timeless, so it cannot be mixed up with benefits. (RortyVsJames, W.).
>William James, >John Dewey, >Charles Sanders Peirce.