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  2. Maxim (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    A maxim is a moral rule or principle, which can be considered dependent on one's philosophy. A maxim is often pedagogical and motivates specific actions. The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy defines it as: Generally any simple and memorable rule or guide for living; for example, 'neither a borrower nor a lender be'.

  3. Pragmatism - Wikipedia

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    Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that views language and thought as tools for prediction, problem solving, and action, rather than describing, representing, or mirroring reality.

  4. Pragmatic maxim - Wikipedia

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    The pragmatic maxim, also known as the maxim of pragmatism or the maxim of pragmaticism, is a maxim of logic formulated by Charles Sanders Peirce.Serving as a normative recommendation or a regulative principle in the normative science of logic, its function is to guide the conduct of thought toward the achievement of its purpose, advising on an optimal way of "attaining clearness of apprehension".

  5. Sociology of philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Sociology of philosophy or philosophical sociology [1] is an academic discipline of both sociology and philosophy that seeks to understand the influence of ...

  6. Impossibilism - Wikipedia

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    Impossibilism is a Marxist theory that stresses the limited value of political, economic, and social reforms under capitalism.As a doctrine, impossibilism views the pursuit of such reforms as counterproductive to the goal of achieving socialism as they stabilize, and therefore strengthen, support for capitalism.

  7. Ethic of ultimate ends - Wikipedia

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    However, there is an abysmal contrast between conduct that follows the maxim of an ethic of ultimate ends—that, is in religious terms, "the Christian does rightly and leaves the results with the Lord"—and conduct that follows the maxim of an ethic of responsibility, in which case one has to give an account of the foreseeable results of one ...

  8. Social philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Social philosophy is the study and interpretation of society and social institutions in terms of ethical values rather than empirical relations. [1] Social philosophers emphasize understanding the social contexts for political, legal, moral and cultural questions, and the development of novel theoretical frameworks, from social ontology to care ethics to cosmopolitan theories of democracy ...

  9. Talk:Maxim (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    Maxim - Generally any simple and memorable rule or guide for living: 'neither a borrower or a lender be', etc. Tennyson speaks of 'a little hoard of maxims preaching down a daughter's heart (Locksley Hall), and maxims have generally been associated with a 'folksy' or 'copy-book' approach to morality [2]. Oxford dictionary of Philosophy, 2008