Empiricism Versus Pragmatism: Truth Versus Results

Indian Philosophical Quarterly 20 (3):203-242 (1993)
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This essay examines the concept of "truth" from empiricist and pragmatist perspectives. This not without reference to other theories. The concern is to see how the ascendancy of pragmatism has affected humanity and may continue to affect humanity, the so-called objectivity in the practice of science and philosophy and the relationships between the diverse peoples of the world. An analysis of the pragmatist's preference for usefulness, rather than truth, it is argued, accounts for the deleterious consequences of pragmatism for humankind in its almost irrational substitution of usefulness for truth.

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John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji
University of the West Indies, Mona

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