Maybe this is the way to look at it? Do we want principled pragmatism or pragmatic principles? Maybe its what we think should lead?https://twitter.com/nevynxxx/status/786920492917788672 …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I am probably someone who tries to be pragmatic about my principles whilst others try to be principled in their pragmatism. 1/2
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I think we need both kinds of people, tbh, & we need one more than the other in different circumstances.They do both need to have both, 2/2
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Replying to @HPluckrose
But I also observe that many disagreements over principles vs pragmatism comes down to how ppl are defining those things. Which is tedious.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Yeah, this is usually the case with me. I only take issue with what I call epistemic pragmatism. When truth is sacrificed.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @HPluckrose
And even then, my opposition is nuanced. e.g. I think Maajid's approach is the bad kind of pragmatism, but prob necessary.
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I was just thinking that! Kevin is being functionally pragmatic about the need to accept epistemic pragmatism!
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Replying to @HPluckrose @DoneReasoning
Yeah I'm fine with functional pragmatism. That's literally just practicality.
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This is why we don't disagree. I'd use term pragmatism for functional and accommodationism for epistemic.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @DoneReasoning
I might be OK with that. The term has a pretty well established history in epistemology tho so may be hard.
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