Pragmatism, Experience, and the Given

Bibliographic Data

ID6190886
AuthorsScott F Aikin (0000-0002-5358-7234, WKU Glasgow Regional Center, 500 Hilltopper Way, Glasgow, KY 42141-7966 USA, corresponding author), Scott Aikin
Year2009
Volume19
Issue1
Pages19-27
Publication date2009-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1210-3055 • E-ISSN: 1337-401X
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.2478/v10023-009-0016-x
OpenAlexW2012306805
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited20

Pragmatism, Experience, and the Given The doctrine of the Given is that subjects have direct non-inferential awareness of content of their experiences and apprehensions, and that some of a subject's beliefs are justified on the basis of that subject's awareness of her experiences and apprehensions. Pragmatist criticisms of the Given as a myth are shown here not only to be inadequate but to presuppose the Given. A model for a pragmatist account of the Given is then provided in terms of refinements of Dewey's theory of experience. The doctrine of the Given is implicated in the functions of inquiry insofar as one must take it that experience is a source of justification

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