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Which of the Following Views About Truth Is Held by Pragmatists

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Which of the following views about truth is held by pragmatists in general?


Definitions:

Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Overconfidence

A cognitive bias where an individual's subjective confidence in their own abilities is greater than their objective accuracy.

Representativeness Heuristic

A mental shortcut that involves making a decision based on how closely a new situation or object resembles a prototype or typical case.

Fixation

The inability to see a problem from a new perspective, by employing a different mental set.

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