The value of an idea is not its correspondence to a preexisting reality or a metaphysical truth, but simply the difference it makes in the life of the group. We permit free expression cause we need the resources of the whole group to get us the ideas we need. #TheMetaphysicalClub

"Philosophy recovers itself when it ceases to be a device for dealing with the problems of philosophers and becomes a method, cultivated by philosophers, for dealing with the problems of men." #JohnDewey #TheMetaphysicalClub #pragmatism

Interests, if they are worth securing, are mutual. "Affectionate interpretation" is the means by which we understand how. #JaneAddams #TheMetaphysicalClub