T_Clark

I can use valid data to generate knowledge even if the data was not collected in a pragmatic way. People who have had the portions of their brain stro...

I'm a big fan of emotion, but I guess you know that. We can't think or make decisions without emotions. It is an inextricable part of how we think. As...

This is a pretty good summary of what I think this thread is about. People work in different disciplines with different problems and different languag...

Yes. And that's why I slapped him down. Should I have? Of course not. Would I do it again.... Maybe. By which I mean yes.

@"cornwell1" was a snotty little twerp and I slapped him down.

No. It's the path I've taken. I find it's useful. I present it here. Pragmatism is a metaphysical position. It's not true or false, it's just more or ...

I have heard of programs run by mosques in the US where civil disputes can be addressed following Muslim religious law. Both sides have to agree to ha...

I shouldn't say this, but I will - all philosophies are based on fairy tales. Now go away and come back when you know a little more about metaphysics....

This thread is about knowledge as seen from a pragmatic perspective. It's about knowledge, not behavior. It's not that a philosophy of instinct or int...

The web page I looked at didn't do that breakdown.

It's a metaphysical assertion, not a statement of fact. I'll let @"universeness" respond to my post and see where we go from there.

William James, pragmatism, and I don't care which mechanism is used to obtain the information. I don't know what this means.

Here's what I wrote in the OP. I said this in an earlier post in this thread: I would ask these questions about whatever information I am using. The r...

I was curious about how that stacked up against the rest of the world. This from a summary of a Reuters poll: The "evolutionist" view was most popular...

Pragmatism and intuition are not in the same category. Intuition is a source of information just like observation or deduction. Pragmatism doesn't car...

Here is a description of William James' definition of truth from an article I found on his book "Pragmatism. Beliefs are considered to be true if and ...

I want to step in here to defend @"Tom Storm". He is not a bully.

I think you've missed the point of my part in this discussion. How much of this thread have you read?

I never said that. There was no philosophy of any kind involved. What's your point? I never said intuition is not a valid mechanism for gaining knowle...

I read "War and Peace" except for the last chapter. I can't explain why I didn't finish. Thank you for giving me an excuse. I really liked it. I remem...

Ask them to say "moose and squirrel," then laugh.

Hey... look...I think that's a horse lying there on the ground. It looks like it's dead. I'll check... Yup, dead. Watch me shoot it.

I go to the local YMCA. I'd say it's about even. Maybe a few more men. They, unlike me, are all old. That comes from going in the middle of the day. I...

I think he means "often."

Hey... I resemble that remark.

Really interesting. Thanks.

This thread has not been about pragmatic behavior, it's about pragmatic approaches to knowledge. As I noted, in pragmatism "the primary value of truth...

I call myself a pragmatist because the decisions I agree with are almost always pragmatic. I was pragmatic before I was a pragmatist. It's not a quest...

Agreed.

From here, I can't tell if those were good decisions or not. They certainly aren't ones where you have to act quickly on the spur of the moment. There...

I've never understood - How can you turn something as simple as my own experience of the world into something so complicated and convoluted. Whenever ...

There's a pretty good chance you're going to be banned just based on what you've written so far. I suggest you PM a moderator if you want to clarify w...

It's not unpragmatic, insensible, or illogical, but I don't know if being more self-aware makes it more likely you will be pragmatic. Again, I don't s...

I've flagged your post. We'll let the moderators decide if the Final Solution was an "effective decision."

Keep trying. Try to be honest with yourself. Judge your results against the outside world and other people. Do the best you can. How's that?

In what sense are running or fighting not pragmatic responses, depending on the specific situation? Pragmatically, if the guy is 350 pounds and has a ...

I don't see what connection this has with pragmatism. Is there one? If you ask me what my goal is with philosophy, I'll say increasing my self-awarene...

I don't understand. The reasons I gave were personal, emotional reasons, although I think they are based in human nature. They have nothing to do with...

Suggest you contact one or two of the moderators in a private message. There's a list of moderators under "Members" at the top of the page. Pick a cou...

You make it hard to respond, since I agree with everything you say. Philosophy's fascination with Decartes and doubt are one of the things that set me...

Sure, but to me, much of what calls itself epistemology is not useful at all. Exhibit A - justified true belief. Exhibit B - the Gettier problems. I t...

Engineers tend to be pragmatists, both because it's required for the job and because engineering tends to attract people with a predisposition. That b...

As you say: My answer was ironic because Mary didn't found the Christian church in the same way Paul, Mohammad, or Mary Baker Eddy did theirs. All she...

I didn't say there were no other reasons to help people, only that we don't need any more.

I've never been a fan of the Grateful Dead, but a whole lot of people are, including my 31 year old son. We're driving down to DC soon and he has the ...

We like each other. We care about each other. We have empathy for each other. We live with each other. What more reasons do we need to help people?

GD covered "Werewolves of London," but the song was by Warren Zevon, the excitable boy.

Don't make me come down to NY and lay some Tao upside your head.

Well...yes.... I was being ironic.

I don't remember seeing it before. I'll take a look.