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"A '''Pragmaticpragmatic theory of truth'''"refersis toa those accounts, definitions, and theoriestheory of the concept ''[[truth]]'' that distinguishwithin the philosophies of [[pragmatism]] and [[pragmaticism]]. ThePragmatic conceptiontheories of truth inwere questionfirst variesposited along lines that reflect the influence of several thinkers, initially and notably,by [[Charles Sanders Peirce]], [[William James]], and [[John Dewey]],. but a number ofThe common features canof bethese identified. The most characteristic featurestheories are (1) a reliance on the ''[[pragmatic maxim]]'' as a means of clarifying the meanings of difficult concepts, such as ''truth'' in particular,; and (2) an emphasis on the fact that the ''[[poiesis|product]]'' variously branded as ''[[belief]]'', ''[[certainty]]'', ''[[knowledge]]'', or ''[[truth]]'' is the result of aan ''process'', namely, ''[[inquiry]]''.
