Pragmatic maxim

High school (ages 12+)
Thinking & Learning

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/pragmatic-maxim

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the originator?Charles Sanders Peirce
2. What is the year of publication?1878
3. Who created the pragmatic maxim?Charles Sanders Peirce, an American philosopher, wrote it in his 1878 paper "How to Make Our Ideas Clear."
4. Why is the pragmatic maxim important for science?It says science must predict things we can observe or test, so we can check if ideas are true.

Regulative principle: A rule that guides a process or activity towards a specific goal or outcome.
Conceivable practical bearings: Potential real-world effects or consequences that can be imagined or thought about.
Normative science: A field of study concerned with standards, rules, and values, like logic.
Epistemology: The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge.