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Single Idea 1890

[filed under theme 12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 3. Pragmatism ]

Full Idea

It is the experience of what is useful in each affair that brings about the distinguishing of ambiguities.

Gist of Idea

We distinguish ambiguities by seeing what is useful

Source

Sextus Empiricus (Outlines of Pyrrhonism [c.180], II.258)

Book Ref

Sextus Empiricus: 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism', ed/tr. Bury,R.G. [Prometheus 1990], p.184