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    Pragmatism holds that an idea is true if it works satisfactorily and its meaning is found in its practical consequences. Platonism similarly holds that all things are caused by a singular source or "One", meaning whatever occurs is inherently true simply due to this cause. While some like Rorty dismiss platonism for its essentialism, platonism maintains that all things are necessarily true and consistent as ultimately caused by the One.

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    Pragmatism holds that an idea is true if it works satisfactorily and its meaning is found in its practical consequences. Platonism similarly holds that all things are caused by a singular source or "One", meaning whatever occurs is inherently true simply due to this cause. While some like Rorty dismiss platonism for its essentialism, platonism maintains that all things are necessarily true and consistent as ultimately caused by the One.

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    Platonism is pragmatism

    From www.iep.utm.edu/pragmati/
    " Pragmatism is a philosophical movement that includes those who claim that an ideology or
    proposition is true [in the pragmatic sense] if it works satisfactorily, that the meaning of a proposition
    is to be found in the practical consequences of accepting it, and that unpractical ideas are to be
    rejected."
    Since in platonism, all things are caused by the One, whatever happens is always true, simply because
    the One caused it.
    Some philosophers such as Rorty dismissed platonism because of it essentialism, which seems to be
    Rorty's prejudice. But in platonism, everything is true and consistent because the One caused it.
    Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (retired, 2000). See my Leibniz site:
    https://independent.academia.edu/RogerCloughRogerClough
    For personal messages use rclough@verizon.net

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