Alexander L. Nikiforov
Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences
Reply to critics
Abstract. This paper suggests brief answers to the criticism given on the article “On the meaning and significance of the concept of ‘progress’”. This article depicts progress as an evaluative concept, and since the value systems of dif-ferent people are different, it argues that the assessments about progress or regression will always differ. Critics’ comments, however, clarify that there are criteria for evaluating some changes on which there is real general agreement. The author notes that the critical comments support the fact that the notion of progress is still vague and unclear and a spe-cial consideration of its various aspects seems important.
Keywords: semantics, pragmatics, progress, context, reference
DOI: 10.32326/2618–9267–2021–4–2–48–51
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