I like particularism more than pragmatism, because all reasoning needs some kind of basis, but not all reasoning needs some kind of goal. For example, proving theorems in Peano arithmetic has a basis, but no goal.
More generally, I’d prefer not to ground philosophy in the notion that people follow goals, because so often we don’t. Life to me feels more like something spinning outward from its own basis, not toward something specific.
I like particularism more than pragmatism, because all reasoning needs some kind of basis, but not all reasoning needs some kind of goal. For example, proving theorems in Peano arithmetic has a basis, but no goal.
More generally, I’d prefer not to ground philosophy in the notion that people follow goals, because so often we don’t. Life to me feels more like something spinning outward from its own basis, not toward something specific.