Question

a- Critically evaluate “Pragmatic theory of truth.”
Required:
a) You need to agree with the idea of pragmatism along with rational justification.
b) You need to show that how pragmatism rejects old ways of thinking.
c) Give an example of the idea of “Cash Value” from current Pakistani society.
d) The overall words’ limit is 100.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that considers words and thought as tools and instruments for prediction, problem solving, and action, and rejects the idea that the function of thought is to describe, represent, or mirror reality. Pragmatists contend that most philosophical topics—such as the nature of knowledge, language, concepts, meaning, belief, and science—are all best viewed in terms of their practical uses and successes.

Pragmatism began in the United States in the 1870s. Its origins are often attributed to the philosophers Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey. In 1878, Peirce described it in his pragmatic maxim: "Consider the practical effects of the objects of your conception. Then, your conception of those effects is the whole of your conception of the object."[1]