MDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: John Dewey, Pragmatism, Dialectic
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In some countries the media is state-owned, -controlled, and run. In most democratic societies, the media is relatively independent of the government often performs the function of f fourth estate . Sometimes the media and gov"t are separate and the media would favor some interference from gov"t: pragmatism: an overview. Pragmatism the branch of philosophy that assesses truth in terms of effect , outcome, and practicality. Pragmatists say that the truth depends on the degree to which a concept or theory provides us with useful results in the process of solving problems. Metaphysical truths by their nature cannot actually be fully known, the pragmatists believe believing in them have no use in life. As result, truth becomes a sort of label, a quality that a thing can possess or lack, and it is always dependent on contextual factors. Pragmatism is often seems as the only american contribution to world philosophy: william james (1842-1910)
