Perhaps this may help in understanding the meaning of pragmatic truth. In pragmatism, if A causes B, then B is the truth of A.
I think the arithmetic form of that would be that if 2+2 equals or produces or results in 4, then 4 is the (pragmatic) truth of 2+2. ---------------------------------------------------------- ----- Have received the following content ----- Sender: Roger Clough Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-26, 16:32:28 Subject: Pragmatic truth and the solipsism issue Hi It seems that we cannot prove by ordinary definitions of truth that other minds exist (the solipsism dilemma), but I believe that pragmatism can shed some light on the issue. In pragmatism, if A causes B, then B is the truth of A. The corresponding analytic statement might be that what is produced in 3p by perception is the truth of 1p. [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 12/26/2012 "The one thing a woman looks for in a man is to be needed." - "Ethan Frome", by Edith Wharton -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
