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Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Dec 18, 2011

What Is Pragmatism Good For?

BEFORE one can truly understand what pragmatism is, one needs to be aware of what pragmatism is good for and more importantly perhaps, what pragmatism is not good for. As I will insist here, pragmatism is actually a rather narrow and specifically defined method. Understanding…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

May 25, 2009

The Wiki-Effect: on Why Postmodernism is not Relativism

I have defined postmodernism as a particular perspective in which we never abandon the consciousness that life is an interpretational journey. A postmodern is someone whom, given his exposure to a multitude of world-views, has…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Sep 22, 2011

Pragmatic Moral Relativism

THERE is no denying that moral relativism has a bad reputation. As I will try to show in this post, this ominous notoriety is, for the most part, the product of a broad misunderstanding about what the word “relative” means. Moreover, I will explain that when viewed from a pragmatic…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Aug 14, 2009

I am a Pragmatist for Pragmatic Reasons

In simple words, pragmatism can be described as a theory of truth that suggests that what we call “the truth” is not the set of statements that have been proved to describe reality as it really is, but simply the body of beliefs that allow us to better cope…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Mar 8, 2015

The Paradox of Liberalism and the Rise of Fundamentalism

THE RISE of fundamentalism is causing a paradoxical situation for us Westerners: The very concepts that once helped us overcome the bitter fundamentalism of the wars of religion — pluralism and moral autonomy — seem to prevent us…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Aug 3, 2010

Can Atheists Be Good People?

CAN atheists be good people? Before I answer the question, I want you to notice what this question implies. Having honest doubts that not believing in God can turn someone into a bad person implies a particular understanding of morality, one that requires a “lender of last…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Jun 19, 2010

On Death

DOES pragmatism have anything to tell us about death? Certainly; in principle, the pragmatic approach can be applied to any belief whose alteration would have a practical impact in the way we live. Our beliefs about death fall clearly within the category of types of beliefs that affect our behavior here, on…

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Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Apr 18, 2011

A Pragmatic Defense of Moral Relativism

IT is hard to deny that the question regarding the status of our moral values has significant implications beyond mere philosophical speculation. A human being that takes his own moral system as an objectively established set of moral values can in many…

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Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Apr 14, 2009

More on Tolerance: Putting Words in Marx’ Mouth

IN a previous post I argued that the concept of “tolerance”, despite its obvious usefulness, is nothing more than a transition idea that we need to surpass in order to build more stable foundations for a truly globalized, multicultural and plural…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Dec 18, 2012

Faith and Pragmatism

AS a pragmatist, I live by the following rule: when the nature of a belief is such that it cannot be corroborated or falsified by observable facts, such belief should be evaluated by the practical consequences it carries if one was to hold it as true. This is the simplest account I can offer…

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