Peircers, Re: http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Pragmatic_theory_of_truth
I have been giving another look at the InterSciWiki (ISW) article on the “Pragmatic Theory Of Truth” (PTOT) and I think it will be worth the time to clean it up and develop it further. The plan that usually works best from me is to revise the content on the wiki and serialize it on my blog. The PTOT article derives from the last Wikipedia revision I edited: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pragmatic_theory_of_truth&oldid=108062621 I copied that version to several other wikis around the web in 2006 and it eventually ended up at ISW, my main working wiki these days. Here is the lead-in to the ISW article as it currently reads: <QUOTE> “Pragmatic theory of truth” refers to those accounts, definitions, and theories of the concept ''truth'' that distinguish the philosophies of pragmatism and pragmaticism. The conception of truth in question varies along lines that reflect the influence of several thinkers, initially and notably, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey, but a number of common features can be identified. The most characteristic features are (1) a reliance on the ''pragmatic maxim'' as a means of clarifying the meanings of difficult concepts, ''truth'' in particular, and (2) an emphasis on the fact that the ''product'' variously branded as ''belief'', ''certainty'', ''knowledge'', or ''truth'' is the result of a ''process'', namely, ''inquiry''. </QUOTE> To be continued ... Jon -- inquiry into inquiry: https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/ academia: https://independent.academia.edu/JonAwbrey oeiswiki: https://www.oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey isw: http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/JLA facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JonnyCache
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