#pragmaticism — Public Fediverse posts

Truth is a process, not a property:

“The truth of an idea is not a stagnant property inherent in it. Truth *happens* to an idea. It *becomes* true, is *made* true by events. Its verity *is* in fact an event, a process, the process, namely, of its verifying itself, its veri-*fication*.”

William James (1907). Pragmatist’s conception of the truth. https://doi.org/10.2307/2012189

Few quotes follow: 🧵👉

#PhilosophyOfScience
#PhilSci
@philosophyofscience
@philosophy
#Truth
#Pragmaticism
#WilliamJames

1/5

Truth is a process, not a property:

“The truth of an idea is not a stagnant property inherent in it. Truth *happens* to an idea. It *becomes* true, is *made* true by events. Its verity *is* in fact an event, a process, the process, namely, of its verifying itself, its veri-*fication*.”

William James (1907). Pragmatist’s conception of the truth. https://doi.org/10.2307/2012189

Few quotes follow: 🧵👉

#PhilosophyOfScience
#PhilSci
@philosophyofscience
@philosophy
#Truth
#Pragmaticism
#WilliamJames

1/5

Truth is a process, not a property:

“The truth of an idea is not a stagnant property inherent in it. Truth *happens* to an idea. It *becomes* true, is *made* true by events. Its verity *is* in fact an event, a process, the process, namely, of its verifying itself, its veri-*fication*.”

William James (1907). Pragmatist’s conception of the truth. https://doi.org/10.2307/2012189

Few quotes follow: 🧵👉

#PhilosophyOfScience
#PhilSci
@philosophyofscience
@philosophy
#Truth
#Pragmaticism
#WilliamJames

1/5

Truth is a process, not a property:

“The truth of an idea is not a stagnant property inherent in it. Truth *happens* to an idea. It *becomes* true, is *made* true by events. Its verity *is* in fact an event, a process, the process, namely, of its verifying itself, its veri-*fication*.”

William James (1907). Pragmatist’s conception of the truth. https://doi.org/10.2307/2012189

Few quotes follow: 🧵👉

#PhilosophyOfScience
#PhilSci
@philosophyofscience
@philosophy
#Truth
#Pragmaticism
#WilliamJames

1/5

@algersanpin @philosophy "abduction", also know as "retroduction" .... or as the way our knowledge progresses from a prior "what we believe we know" through a scientific process and logic to a posterior "what we believe we know".

I'm curious if the author's take on #pragmatism is in the spirit of #CSPeirce #pragmaticism

@algersanpin @philosophy "abduction", also know as "retroduction" .... or as the way our knowledge progresses from a prior "what we believe we know" through a scientific process and logic to a posterior "what we believe we know".

I'm curious if the author's take on #pragmatism is in the spirit of #CSPeirce #pragmaticism

@[email protected] @philosophy "abduction", also know as "retroduction" .... or as the way our knowledge progresses from a prior "what we believe we know" through a scientific process and logic to a posterior "what we believe we know".

I'm curious if the author's take on #pragmatism is in the spirit of #CSPeirce #pragmaticism

@algersanpin @philosophy "abduction", also know as "retroduction" .... or as the way our knowledge progresses from a prior "what we believe we know" through a scientific process and logic to a posterior "what we believe we know".

I'm curious if the author's take on #pragmatism is in the spirit of #CSPeirce #pragmaticism