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6627 | Radical pragmatists abandon the notion of truth [Stich, by Lowe] |
Full Idea: Some radical pragmatists, such as Stich, are ready to abandon the notion of truth. | |
From: report of Stephen P. Stich (The Fragmentation of Reason [1990]) by E.J. Lowe - Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind Ch.3 n18 | |
A reaction: Such a proposal strikes me as silly (unless the vacuum left by truth can be filled by something better than just the test of whether 'it works'). It currently strikes me that pragmatism has a sane wing (led by Peirce), and a mad wing. |