Judges 21:25
"Pragmatism takes very odd forms. One pragmatist philosopher says pragmatism means being loyal to Darwin.
"Pragmatism takes very odd forms. One pragmatist philosopher says pragmatism means being loyal to Darwin.
I guess he meant that pragmatism is the practical or philosophical
conclusion which results from being a Darwinist. “Fish evolved fins because they work.” But if you say that Darwinism just is true, you seem to be talking about something different from whether Darwinism works (whatever that means).
But of course, the consensus theory folks don’t really mean that truth is what we all agree about. What they mean is that truth is whatever people like them agree about.
The coherence theory says the truth is internal to your set of assumptions; they don’t need external validation, they just have to hang together.
But of course, the consensus theory folks don’t really mean that truth is what we all agree about. What they mean is that truth is whatever people like them agree about.
The coherence theory says the truth is internal to your set of assumptions; they don’t need external validation, they just have to hang together.
--This is a lunatic view.--
To consider a single example, many people with paranoid schizophrenic delusions can give extremely coherent explanations of why they are really Napoleon, or why they are really poached eggs, or why everybody is really out to get them. The various claims all hang together. But the paranoid schizophrenic is wrong. He’s not Napoleon. He’s not a poached egg. And no, it isn’t true that everyone is out to get him. But he can’t tell, because he refuses to make contact with reality outside his own set of assumptions.
That’s the problem with the coherence theory."
That’s the problem with the coherence theory."
EN&V
