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Learning Activity 2

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Pragmatism is defined as 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.

Some of Romans’ achievements pragmatism are; the construction of aqueducts, paved roads, and drains’ construction. Principled reasoning in Roman juristic argument ranges from safeguarding commerce to acts’ priority (Spagnolo and Sampson, 2020). One of the achievements was the construction of aqueducts. Aqueducts were used for two primary purposes, among others, water supply and water flow out. These aqueducts later formed the technical base for the invention and use of artificial canals and piped-water supply

Another notable achievement of the Romans in the construction of roads. The Romans built their highways using a foundation of gravestones and covered it with gravel, which helped the drainage process. At the peak of their reign, the Romans had built over 50,000 miles of highways, some of which are still in use as they were centuries ago. If we were to reach a stage where we could no longer improve upon a belief, there is no point in withholding the title “true” from its (Misak, 2016) pragmatism helped to shed light among the Romans.

Another most significant achievement of the Roman way of thinking was the construction of the drainage system.  They constructed extra-ordinarily beautiful bridges, some of which have become major tourist attractions in modern-day Italy and Spain. Romans will forever be remembered as inventors and establishers, inventors of a modern form of administration and establishment of several sciences and engineering practices that had been around but were ushered in for daily use by them. Many of these are still in use today.

References

Benjamin Spagnolo and Joe Sampson (2020). Modes of Roman Legal Reasoning in Context: A Brief Survey

Cheryl Misak (2016).Cambridge Pragmatism: From Peirce and James to Ramsey and Wittgenstein.