Temporality and Pragmatism

Insofar as a criterion of the possession of Knowledge is Certainty, each attainment of some knowledge is independent of that of others, i. e. subsequent discoveries cannot call it into question. Hence, the Temporality entailed by Epistemological theories that subscribe to that criterion is Successiveness, i. e. a sequence of self-sufficing moments. In contrast, insofar as Knowledge is regarded as provisional, as in e. g. Pragmatism, the entertainment of every new hypothesis, whether singular, i. e. a 'fact', or general, i. e. a 'law', is conditioned by its antecedents. In other words, the Temporality of an Epistemological doctrine like Pragmatism is cumulative--for it, Knowledge is constituted by the progressive seeking to formulate the most comprehensive thesis to date.