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15336 | The pragmatic theory of truth is relative; useful for group A can be useless for group B [Horsten] |
Full Idea: The pragmatic theory is unsatisfactory because usefulness is a relative notion. One theory can be useful to group A while being thoroughly impractical for group B. This would make the theory both truth and false. | |
From: Leon Horsten (The Tarskian Turn [2011], 02.1) | |
A reaction: This objection, along with the obvious fact that certain falsehoods can be very useful, would seem to rule pragmatism out as a theory of truth. It is, in fact, an abandonment of truth. |