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ridgecoyote t1_iw87byp wrote

Reply to comment by arkticturtle in A cross between an Existentialist and an Old Testament prophet, Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard urged his "single individual" reader to follow the "highest passion" of faith rather than becoming one of the stereotyped pseudo-individuals of "The Crowd" by thelivingphilosophy

Because I’m a Pragmatist.

From wiki:

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that considers words and thought as tools and instruments for prediction, problem solving, and action, and rejects the idea that the function of thought is to describe, represent, or mirror reality.

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arkticturtle t1_iw891r8 wrote

Then how do you make sense of anything whatsoever?

What is being predicted other than reality?

If cause and effect are incorrect then why am I able to repeat experiments and how does change occur?

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