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SUMMARY:Why pragmatism entails realism
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LOCATION:Belfield\, Ireland\, Dublin 4
DESCRIPTION:<p>Abstract:&nbsp\;Pragmatism if often associated with nominalism. However\, for his founder\, C.S. Peirce\, pragmatism implied realism\, even a &ldquo\;scholastic realism of a somewhat extreme stripe&rdquo\;. After a brief survey of such a paradoxical alliance between pragmatism and realism\, and of some common grounds among various pragmatists\, I shall present the major features of such a realist pragmatism\, along Peircian lines. In particular\, I shall try to show how and why such a basically dispositional type of realism\, which invoves strong metaphysical and ethical commitments\, can provide meaningful insights for a better understanding of what metaphysical <em>knowledge </em>might consist in and a &ldquo\;genuine course between the soggy sands of relativism and the cold rocks of dogmatism&rdquo\;(S. Blackburn)</p>\n
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