According to the pragmatic theory of truth, truth leads to successful action; therefore, successful action is an indicator of truth. Clearly, we could not have sent a rocket to the moon if our ...

John Capps received his Ph.D from Northwestern University in 1997. The focus of his research is within epistemology and the philosophy of science, where he has been influenced by the work of classical ...

Capps, John. "Writing public-facing philosophy about science." Rev. of Nancy Cartwright: A philosopher looks at science, by n/a. Metascience 2022: 95-98. Print. ∆ Capps, John. "Review of Fixing the ...

is one of these questions. Different attempts to define truth - including the Correspondence Theory of truth and the Pragmatic Theory of truth will be examined. Another question the course will tackle ...