We pragmatists are often accused of not understanding. The implication being that if we understood whatever it is we are held to not understand, that we would then suddenly understand the truth of the thing we are not understanding, and the falsity of the thing we are understanding. At the same time, the pragmatist is attempting to shift understanding of understanding. Our goal is not to say that what other people understand, being different from what we understand, is wrong and that what we understand, being different from what others understand, is right.
We just want to stand under something differently. Find shelter from the storm. Come in from the cold.
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