MDSA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: John Dewey, Social Responsibility, Meliorism

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T ruth is transcendent, constant, a universal one. T ruth is out there waiting to be discovered. T ruth can never be fully known: mind/body, free will/determinism. Truth: metaphysics: study of being and existence (ontology) and the world (cosmology) t ruth is local, contingent, contextual, historical and therefore we need to, problem solve, assess outcomes/effects, measure and produce tangible results/benefits, examine and rationalize consequences. Instead of ethereal concepts of being and time, focus on everyday practical affairs: what works, Focus on the individual; pragmatism as a means of personal growth to achieve one"s goals and solve individual problems: a moderation between extremes and addressing personal problems through a pragmatic, radical empiricism. Lens as the best way to achieve personal growth philosophers shall be things definable in terms drawn from experience ; experience includes both particulars and relations between those particulars, and that therefore both deserve a place in our explanations.

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