Although I have not had the possibility to read all comments I think there a
few thoughts in the pragmatist tradition that may be useful. I assume that
one issue with fiction is where it is "true".
"Theories thus become instruments, not answers to enigmas, in which we can
rest. (James, 1907)"
Pierre Guillet de Monthoux sums up the pragmatist stance in the following
reasoning:
"One the earliest pragmatists William James presented the idea that value of
a “truth” lays in its usefulness to someone. This pragmatist “truth” is not
everlasting or complete, it grows in spots. The truth is something that it
pays to use. Therefore seeking the truth is rather in vain, but creating
truths by influencing people with ideas and ideals may pay off well. James
claims that this is what the scientists are doing by arguments, logic and
tests. (Guillet de Monthoux, 1993 p 49) [My translation and adoption]"
Olov Forsgren develops the pragmatist stance:
"Truth here means that the scientific person act based on the assumption
that the body of concepts and the ways to deal with the world resulting from
the scientific work always serves the ideals of certain groups. Objectivity
then means that the scientific person strives to include as many as possible
in the scientific conversation. (O. Forsgren, 1988 p 41) [my translation]"
Bo Dahlbom suggests that in the future design may bring art and science
together - in Science Fiction...
/Lars
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