This paper develops a position I call “apathetic pragmatism.” Apathetic pragmatism is a form of pragmatism that, through advocating “apathy” about the topic of truth, avoids the troubled identification of utility and truth found in classical and neo pragmatist theories of truth. Initially explored by Stephen Stich, I argue Stich’s case for apathetic pragmatism relies upon a theory of truth that causes vicious circularity. I then pursue a different route to apathetic pragmatism, one that sees apathetic pragmatism as a “paradigm shift” in relation to previous forms of pragmatism. It is a paradigm shift where pragmatism becomes a normative view concerning the questions that are necessary to ask, not an attempt to answer questions assumed necessary.

这篇论文提出了一种我称之为“冷漠实用主义”的立场。冷漠实用主义是一种实用主义形式，它通过倡导对真理主题的“冷漠”，避免了古典和新实用主义真理理论中对效用和真理的麻烦识别。最初由 Stephen Stich 探索，我认为 Stich 的冷漠实用主义案例依赖于导致恶性循环的真理理论。然后，我追求一条不同的路线，走向冷漠的实用主义，将冷漠的实用主义视为与以前的实用主义形式相关的“范式转变”。这是一种范式转变，在这种转变中，实用主义成为关于必须提出的问题的规范观点，而不是试图回答假定的必要问题。