[MD] chariotness

[Carl Thames]

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Subject: Re: [MD] chariotness


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> Carl:
> I know what a Categorical Imperitive is, but I'm not sure I know the
> difference between existentialist and pragmatist thought. Should they be
> seperate "schools" or not? Anyway, enough for now.
>
>
> Ron:
> Existentialists tend to think that existence really doesent have meaning 
> except
> what the individual
> attributes to it and Pragmatists tend to think that existence is nothing 
> but
> meaning.

So an existentialist would look at a banana and say, "That is food," whereas 
a pragmatist would look at a banana and say, "That is a banana?" To a 
pragmatist it is all res ipso facto, (the existence of the thing proves 
itself) while an existentialist would take the attitude that it's only real 
if we say it's real?