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Pragmatism and the Illegal<br><br>Pragmatism can be described as a descriptive and normative theory. As a description theory it asserts that the traditional view of jurisprudence may not be accurate and that legal pragmatism is a better alternative.<br><br>In particular legal pragmatism eschews the notion that right decisions can be deduced from a core principle or principles. Instead it advocates a practical approach that is based on context and trial and error.<br><br>What is Pragmatism?<br><br>The philosophy of pragmatism emerged in the latter part of the 19th and the early 20th centuries. It was the first North American philosophical movement. (It must be noted however that some existentialism followers were also known as "pragmatists") As with other major movements in the history of philosophy the pragmaticists were motivated by a discontent with the current state of affairs in the present and the past.<br><br>It is difficult to provide a precise definition of pragmatism. Pragmatism is often focused on results and outcomes. This is frequently contrasted with other philosophical traditions which have a more theoretic approach to truth and knowledge.<br><br>Charles Sanders Peirce is credited as the inventor of pragmatism as it applies to philosophy. He believed that only things that can be independently tested and proved through practical experiments is real or true. Additionally, [http://www.bcaef.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=2852439 ํ๋ผ๊ทธ๋งํฑ ์ฌ๋กฏ ํ๋๋ฒ] Peirce emphasized that the only way to comprehend the meaning of something was to determine its impact on other things.<br><br>Another pragmatist who was a founding figure was John Dewey (1859-1952), who was a teacher and philosopher. He developed a more holistic approach to pragmatism that included connections to society, education and art, as well as politics. He was influenced by Peirce, and the German idealists Wilhelm von Humboldt und Friedrich Hegel.<br><br>The pragmatists also had a more flexible view of what is the truth. This was not intended to be a realism position but rather an attempt to attain a higher degree of clarity and well-justified settled beliefs. This was achieved by the combination of practical knowledge and solid reasoning.<br><br>The neo-pragmatic method was later extended by Putnam to be defined as internal Realism. This was a possible alternative to correspondence theories of truth that dispensed with the goal of achieving an external God's eye perspective, while maintaining truth's objectivity, albeit inside a description or theory. 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Therefore, a pragmatic approach is superior to a classical approach to legal decision-making.<br><br>The pragmatist outlook is very broad and has given rise to a myriad of theories in philosophy, ethics and sociology, science, and political theory. However, Charles Sanders Peirce deserves most of the credit for pragmatism, and his pragmatic maxim - a rule for clarifying the meaning of hypotheses through tracing their practical consequences is the core of the doctrine but the scope of the doctrine has expanded to encompass a wide range of perspectives. These include the view that the truth of a philosophical theory is only if it has practical implications, the belief that knowledge is mostly a transaction with rather than the representation of nature and the idea that language articulated is an underlying foundation of shared practices which cannot be fully expressed.<br><br>The pragmatists have their fair share of critics despite their contributions to many areas of philosophy. The pragmatists' rejection of the concept of a priori propositional knowledge has given rise to an influential and powerful critique of traditional analytical philosophy that has extended beyond philosophy into a myriad of social disciplines, including jurisprudence and political science.<br><br>Despite this, it remains difficult to classify a pragmatic legal theory as a descriptive theory. Judges tend to act as if they're following an empiricist logical framework that relies on precedent and traditional legal materials to make their decisions. However, a legal pragmatist may well argue that this model doesn't adequately reflect the real-time nature of judicial decision-making. It is more appropriate to think of a pragmatist approach to law as a normative model that provides an outline of how law should evolve and be taken into account.<br><br>What is Pragmatism's Theory of Conflict Resolution?<br><br>Pragmatism is a philosophic tradition that regards the world's knowledge and agency as being integral. It has been interpreted in many different ways, and often in opposition to one another. It is often seen as a response to analytic philosophy, whereas at other times it is seen as an alternative to continental thought. It is a thriving and growing tradition.<br><br>The pragmatists were keen to stress the importance of experience and the significance of the individual's own consciousness in the development of beliefs. They also wanted to correct what they believed to be the errors of a dated philosophical tradition that had affected the work of earlier thinkers. These errors included Cartesianism as well as Nominalism, as well as an inadequacy of the role of human reasoning.<br><br>All pragmatists are suspicious of the unquestioned and non-experimental representations of reason. They will therefore be wary of any argument that claims that 'it works' or 'we have always done it this way' is legitimate. These assertions could be seen as being too legalistic, uninformed rationality and uncritical of the practices of the past by the legal pragmatic.<br><br>Contrary to the conventional view of law as a set of deductivist laws the pragmaticist emphasizes the importance of context when making legal decisions. They will also recognize the possibility of a variety of ways to define law, and that these variations should be respected. This perspective, also known as perspectivalism, can make the legal pragmatist appear less tolerant to precedent and previously accepted analogies.<br><br>A key feature of the legal pragmatist perspective is its recognition that judges have no access to a set or principles that they can use to make well-argued decisions in all cases. The pragmatist will thus be keen to stress the importance of understanding the situation before deciding and to be open to changing or rescind a law when it proves unworkable.<br><br>There is no accepted definition of what a legal pragmatist should be, there are certain features that tend to define this stance on philosophy. They include a focus on context and a rejection of any attempt to derive law from abstract principles that cannot be tested in a specific instance. 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Therefore, they have to add other sources, such as analogies or concepts derived from precedent.<br><br>The legal pragmatist likewise rejects the idea that correct decisions can be deduced from a set of fundamental principles in the belief that such a view makes it too easy for judges to base their decisions on predetermined "rules." Instead she advocates a system that recognizes the omnipotent influence of context.<br><br>Many legal pragmatists due to the skepticism typical of neopragmatism and the anti-realism it represents, have taken an even more deflationist approach to the notion of truth. They have tended to argue that by focusing on the way a concept is applied in describing its meaning, and establishing criteria to determine if a concept has this function and that this is the standard that philosophers can reasonably be expecting from the truth theory.<br><br>Other pragmatists have adopted a more broad view of truth, which they have called an objective norm for assertion and inquiry. This approach combines elements of pragmatism, classical realist, and Idealist philosophy. It is also in line with the wider pragmatic tradition, which sees truth as a definite standard for assertion and inquiry, and not just a standard of justification or warranted affirmability (or its derivatives). This holistic conception of truth has been called an "instrumental theory of truth" since it seeks to define truth in terms of the purposes and values that guide our involvement with reality.
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