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> would be more pragmatic Pragmatism holds that no facts can be known with certainty in advance, and anything may be tried by rule-of-thumb (and that we can ex
by maxharris 16y ago
> would be more pragmatic
Pragmatism holds that no facts can be known with certainty in advance, and anything may be tried by rule-of-thumb (and that we can expect this method to lead us to make good decisions, learn things about the world, etc.) So when I see phrases like this, I literally think "this is what I would do if I were shooting in the dark, trying random things without any principle or reason to guide my actions".
- maxharris 16y agoInstead of just voting me down, please say why you disagree with my opinion of pragmatism.
- ars 16y agoBecause that's not what the dictionary says? (As a side note, I did not vote you down.)
- euccastro 16y agoDisagreeing with your opinion of pragmatism would be the wrong reason to vote your comment down. I voted it down because it only tries to derail the discussion to the topic of language. I would understand a clarification on the lines of "ah, but I was actually meaning this" to clarify a misunderstanding.