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In pragmatist approaches to the philosophy of social science, truth is defined as those tenets that prove useful to the believer or user, and truth and knowledge are verified through experience and practice (James, 1907/1975, 1909/1975). In a pragmatist ontology, objective truth cannot exist because truth needs to relate to groups’ practices, and truth, therefore, always has both subjective and objective dimensions (Howell, 2013, p. 132).

A pragmatist approach to text mining treats as true and valid those specific facts uncovered by text mining methods that relate not only to objective reality or to a theoretical system but to the practices and interests of researchers themselves, be they members of academic communities, government agencies, or for-profit companies.