The Pragmatic Theory of Truth
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The pragmatic theory: truth is what proves itself in practice—beliefs are true insofar as they reliably work.
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Navigators trusted Newtonian mechanics for centuries because it delivered: ships arrived, eclipses came on schedule, decade after decade.
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"It works" invites the reply: worked for whom, and for how long? Useful and true can come apart.
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- Nothing yet depends on this.