Abstract
One of the main points of the last chapter was the impossibility of removing all traces of a knowing subject (and the history of the subject and the state of the subject at the time of knowing). Closely related to this is the importance of themes which affect this knowing indirectly in that they pertain more properly to the cultural group and to the times in which the more localized acts of knowing take place. Recognition of this importance has come from many sources and perspectives.
Per il Pragmatista, dunque, non c’e un’ipotesi metafisica che sia piu vera di un’altra.
Giovanni Papini
Pragmatismo
Facts are good, of course… give us lots of facts. Principles are good… give us plenty of principles.
William James
Pragmatism
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Cavallo, R.E. (1979). General Systems Methodology as Language. In: The Role of Systems Methodology in Social Science Research. Frontiers in Systems Research, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9236-8_3
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