Pragmatism · Character
John Locke
The English empiricist who turned personal identity into a pragmatic question of memory, asking what the soul is worth if consciousness vanishes.
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Also known as Locke, himself
First appearance: lecture i the present dilemma in philosophy
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Listed as a forerunner of pragmatism who used the method in fragments.
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In Lecture II: What Pragmatism Means: Listed as a forerunner of pragmatism who used the method in fragments. Later, in Lecture V: Pragmatism and Common Sense: Mentioned as part of the philosophic stage of criticism,…
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