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<font size="3">☞</font> This page belongs to resource collections on [[Logic Live|Logic]] and [[Inquiry Live|Inquiry]].
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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 [[norm (philosophy)|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 the addressee on an optimal way of "attaining clearness of [[apprehension]]".
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 the addressee on an optimal way of "attaining clearness of apprehension".
==Seven ways of looking at a pragmatic maxim==
==Seven ways of looking at a pragmatic maxim==
Peirce stated the pragmatic maxim in many different ways over the years, each of which adds its own bit of clarity or correction to their collective corpus.
Peirce stated the pragmatic maxim in many different ways over the years, each of which adds its own bit of clarity or correction to their collective corpus.
* The first excerpt appears in the form of a dictionary entry, intended as a definition of ''[[pragmatism]]''.
* The first excerpt appears in the form of a dictionary entry, intended as a definition of ''pragmatism''.
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==References==
==References==
* Peirce, C.S., ''Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce'', vols. 1–6, [[Charles Hartshorne]] and [[Paul Weiss]] (eds.), vols. 7–8, [[Arthur W. Burks]] (ed.), Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1931–1935, 1958. (Cited as CP ''n''.''m'' for volume ''n'', paragraph ''m'').
* Peirce, C.S., ''Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce'', vols. 1–6, [[Charles Hartshorne]] and [[Paul Weiss]] (eds.), vols. 7–8, [[Arthur W. Burks]] (ed.), Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1931–1935, 1958. (Cited as CP ''n''.''m'' for volume ''n'', paragraph ''m'').
==External links==
==Resources==
* [http://vectors.usc.edu/thoughtmesh/publish/141.php Pragmatic Maxim → ThoughtMesh]
* [http://vectors.usc.edu/thoughtmesh/publish/141.php Pragmatic Maxim → ThoughtMesh]
==Document history==
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