MDSA01H3 Chapter 4: Chapter 4 - Pragmatic Analysis - 1
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Critical media studies: an introduction (2nd edition: pragmatic analysis. Pragmatism: an overview: branch of philosophy access truth in terms of effect, outcome, and practicality. Principles of metaphysics (as opposed to pragmatism) study of being and existence and the world. Truth constant, can"t be fully known truth(s) - local, contextual; we need to problem solve, assess outcomes, examine consequences. Habit: mental shortcut that directs future through and action along predictable path. Radical empiricism - experience includes both particulars and relations between those particulars, and that therefore both deserve a place in our explanations. Meliorism: pragmatic belief that people can correct social problems through proper identification and applied effort. Ironism: seeing the world through historical descriptions (not through changing) Relativism: belief that diverse approaches and theories related to given subject are all equally correct. Consequences: clear effects of given regulation on society at large. Contingencies: factors a regulation should address as a result of context and situation.
