Then, I read "Pragmatism" by William James.
I guess the idea of "if the result is good, it is good" made sense when mysticism and superstition were still dominant in people's thinking. Fine. Rational and realistic.
But, I thought, what is "good"? How do we judge what is good?
An approach A may give a better result than an approach B at a moment. But what if in a long run, B gives a better result?
Getting rid of irrational believes and thinking habit is good in general. But if we do not know what is "good", then, the proposition of pragmatism does not actually offer solutions.
It is the same problem again when one has to draw a world outside of the window by the magic chalk.
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