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Philosophical tradition
Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that views language and thought as tools for prediction, problem solving, and action, rather than describing, representing
Pragmatism
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up pragmatism, pragmatic, or pragmatist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pragmatism is a philosophical movement. Pragmatism or pragmatic may also
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New pragmatism (Polish: nowy pragmatyzm) is an original paradigmatic and heterodox theory of economics created by Grzegorz W. Kolodko to address the contemporary
New_pragmatism
American scientist (1839–1914)
mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism". According to philosopher Paul Weiss, writing in 1934, Peirce was "the
Charles_Sanders_Peirce
American philosopher and psychologist (1842–1910)
Charles Sanders Peirce, James established the philosophical school known as pragmatism, and is also cited as one of the founders of functional psychology. James
William_James
American philosopher (born 1951)
critically on thinkers from often separated philosophical traditions (such as Pragmatism, Neopragmatism, Continental Philosophy, Critical Theory, Postmodernism
John_J._Stuhr
Idea that knowledge comes only/mainly from sensory experience
his Harvard "Lectures on Pragmatism" (1903), Peirce enumerated what he called the "three cotary propositions of pragmatism" (L: cos, cotis whetstone)
Empiricism
Academic journal
Contemporary Pragmatism is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering discussions of applying pragmatism, broadly understood, to today's issues
Contemporary_Pragmatism
Philosophical position developed by Richard Rorty
Richard Rorty. It is pragmatist in that it is influenced by the classical pragmatism of Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey, while also incorporating
Neopragmatism
Deductive pragmatism is a research method aiming at helping researchers communicate qualitative assumptions about cause-effect relationships (causality)
Deductive_pragmatism
American philosopher (born 1950)
August 2008). "Pragmatism". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 9 December 2012. McDermid, Douglas (15 December 2006). "Pragmatism". Internet Encyclopedia
Robert_Brandom
American philosopher (1883–1964)
considered the progenitor of modern modal logic and the founder of conceptual pragmatism. First a noted logician, he later branched into epistemology, and during
C._I._Lewis
Country in Eastern Europe and North Asia
JSTOR 151989. Bensley, Michael (2014). "Socialism in One Country: A Study of Pragmatism and Ideology in the Soviet 1920s" (PDF). University of Kent. Archived
Russia
Corpus of philosophers of the United States
number of philosophies are known as uniquely American in origin, namely pragmatism and transcendentalism, with their most prominent proponents being the
American_philosophy
1902 book by William James
later developed his philosophy of pragmatism. There are many overlapping ideas in Varieties and his 1907 book Pragmatism. In the 1890s, a "new psychology"
The Varieties of Religious Experience
The_Varieties_of_Religious_Experience
Political scientist
feminist pragmatism of Jane Addams to Public Administration. Shields is also notable in the public administration community for utilizing pragmatism to advance
Patricia_M._Shields
Branch of pragmatic philosophy
philosophy starting in 1905, in order to distance himself and it from pragmatism, the original name, which had been used in a manner he did not approve
Pragmaticism
Study of research methods
McDermid, Douglas. "Pragmatism". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 22 February 2022. Bawden, H. Heath (1904). "What is Pragmatism?". The Journal
Methodology
Topics referred to by the same term
Pragma may refer to: Pragma (Greek: πράγμα), business, deed or act; see Pragmatism Directive (programming), known as a pragma or pragmat in several programming
Pragma
American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)
Dewey was one of the primary figures associated with the philosophy of pragmatism and is considered one of the founding thinkers of functional psychology
John_Dewey
Study of the development of philosophy
developments in the 19th and 20th centuries included German idealism, pragmatism, positivism, formal logic, linguistic analysis, phenomenology, existentialism
History_of_philosophy
Text for clarification; one of four rhetorical modes
atomism Logical positivism Marxism Neurophilosophy Ordinary language Pragmatism Quietism Scientific structuralism Sense data Analytic theology Analytical
Description
Approach to the interpretation of the Bible
Biblical literalism or biblicism is the strict adherence to the exact, plain sense of words or depictions in the Bible. The term can refer to the historical-grammatical
Biblical_literalism
Maxim of logic formulated by Charles Sanders Peirce
The pragmatic maxim, also known as the maxim of pragmatism or the maxim of pragmaticism, is a maxim of logic formulated by Charles Sanders Peirce. Serving
Pragmatic_maxim
American philosopher (1931–2007)
books are Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), Consequences of Pragmatism (1982), and Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity (1989). Rorty rejected
Richard_Rorty
Study of general and fundamental questions
application of formal logic, the focus on the role of language as well as pragmatism, and movements in continental philosophy like phenomenology, existentialism
Philosophy
American philosopher and historian of ideas
ideas. He was a proponent of a doctrine he called "holistic pragmatism" (a variant of pragmatism) and also a noted scholar of American intellectual history
Morton_White
German-born British philosopher (1864-1937)
Schiller's philosophy was very similar to and often aligned with the pragmatism of William James, although Schiller referred to it as "humanism". He argued
F._C._S._Schiller
Philosophy in recent times
(2003). Pragmatism and educational research. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. Susan Haack; Robert Edwin Lane (11 April 2006). Pragmatism, old & new:
Modern_philosophy
Israeli philosopher
D. dissertation on American pragmatism. It is entitled “Philosophy and the Role of the Philosopher in American Pragmatism”. In this work, Hashkes provided
Hannah_E._Hashkes
Supreme Leader of Iran since 2026
File, Incorporated, 2009, p. 79 "Iran and the Caucasus – The Triumph of Pragmatism over Ideology – Centre for World Dialogue". worlddialogue.org. Archived
Mojtaba_Khamenei
Philosophical problem-solving principle
20th century, epistemological justifications based on induction, logic, pragmatism, and especially probability theory have become more popular among philosophers
Occam's_razor
2001 book by Louis Menand
handful of thinkers primarily responsible for the philosophical concept of pragmatism, a principal feature of American philosophical achievement: William James
The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America
The_Metaphysical_Club:_A_Story_of_Ideas_in_America
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist
Harvard—one in 1898, one of two in 1903. Then in 1907 James dedicated his Pragmatism to the nominalist John Stuart Mill and omitted Peirce from its list of
Charles Santiago Sanders Peirce
Charles_Santiago_Sanders_Peirce
Season of television series
handlers who suspend him from his duties as a Whitelighter. 35 13 "Animal Pragmatism" Don Kurt Chris Levinson & Zack Estrin February 10, 2000 (2000-02-10)
Charmed_season_2
American philosopher (1932–2022)
broad array of issues and philosophical traditions including American pragmatism, neopragmatism, critical theory, deconstruction, social philosophy, political
Richard_J._Bernstein
American pragmatist philosopher (born 1949)
his pragmatism to engage and deploy the contemporary French philosophical tradition. His Fulbright Professorship in Berlin enabled his pragmatism to intersect
Richard_Shusterman
Bicameral legislature of the United States
and Republicans may lead to greater flexibility in policies, as well as pragmatism and civility within the institution. A term of Congress is divided into
United_States_Congress
Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer (1891–1956)
Ambedkar came under the influence of John Dewey and his philosophy of pragmatism. He also trained in the law at Gray's Inn, London. In his early career
B._R._Ambedkar
[[Australian philosopher]]
University of Sydney who works primarily on skepticism, metaphysical quietism, pragmatism, liberal naturalism and philosophy of art (especially film, photography
David_Macarthur
German football manager (born 1973)
wide praise. His footballing style is characterised by flexibility and pragmatism: speaking on his tactical setup in Ben Lyttleton's Edge: What Business
Thomas_Tuchel
Italian football manager (born 1959)
Manchester City in the knock-out stages as an example of his tactical pragmatism, as his sides normally play with a more offensive style. He elaborated
Carlo_Ancelotti
English philosopher and academic (1945–2026)
logic, the philosophy of language, epistemology, and metaphysics. Her pragmatism followed that of Charles Sanders Peirce. Haack was a graduate of the University
Susan_Haack
In-depth, detailed examination of a particular case
Critical rationalism Empiricism Fallibilism Positivism Postpositivism Pragmatism Realism Critical realism Subtle realism Methodology Action research Art
Case_study
Australian philosopher
known for his work in philosophy of physics and for his brand of "neo-pragmatism" and "anti-representationalism", according to which "all utterances must
Huw_Price
Men's association football team
play. Sid Lowe identifies Luis Aragonés' tempering of tiki-taka with pragmatism as a key factor in Spain's success in Euro 2008. Aragonés used tiki-taka
Spain_national_football_team
President of the United States from 1989 to 1993
that followed his presidency. In 2018, Vox highlighted Bush for his "pragmatism" as a moderate Republican president by working across the aisle. They
George_H._W._Bush
Post-modernism – Postpositivism – Post-structuralism – Practical reason – Pragmatism – Praxis School – Presentism – Pre-Socratic philosophy – Probabilism –
List_of_philosophies
Country in Southeast Europe
state...represent the symbolic assertion of national identity over the pragmatism of mutual intelligibility". According to the 1992 European Charter for
Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
1999 article by Robert T. Craig
article, but also misrepresented his own case study. Russill proposed pragmatism as an eighth tradition of communication theory, Craig responded by expanding
Communication Theory as a Field
Communication_Theory_as_a_Field
American philosopher (1863–1931)
University of Chicago. He was one of the key figures in the development of pragmatism. He is regarded as one of the founders of symbolic interactionism, and
George_Herbert_Mead
American mathematician and philosopher (1926–2016)
In his later work, Putnam became increasingly interested in American pragmatism, Jewish philosophy, and ethics, engaging with a wider array of philosophical
Hilary_Putnam
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951
behind the scenes his depth of knowledge, quiet demeanour, objectivity and pragmatism proved decisive. He is often ranked as one of the greatest British prime
Clement_Attlee
Philosophy of the Western world
founded pragmatism. Søren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche, who laid the groundwork for existentialism and post-structuralism. Pragmatism is a philosophical
Western_philosophy
Philosophy or ideology of B. R. Ambedkar
under the guidance of his professor John Dewey. Dewey's philosophy of pragmatism heavily influenced Ambedkar's worldview. Ambedkarism includes special
Ambedkarism
American philosopher
instrumentalist version of pragmatism. In 1910, he published Pragmatism and Its Critics, consisting of one chapter explaining pragmatism and four chapters addressing
Addison_Webster_Moore
Panpsychism. George Herbert Mead (1863–1931). Pragmatism, symbolic interactionist. George Santayana (1863–1952). Pragmatism, naturalism; known for many aphorisms
Timeline of Western philosophers
Timeline_of_Western_philosophers
American scholar
Gender Studies and Film and Screen Studies. She is the author of American Pragmatism: A Religious Genealogy. Hamner attended Duke University, where in 1985
M._Gail_Hamner
Lack of experience
lack of experience and sophistication, often describing a neglect of pragmatism in favor of moral idealism. A naïve may be called a naïf. In its early
Naivety
American philosopher
Philosophy at Manhattan College. He is known for his works on American pragmatism and George Herbert Mead's thought. Aboulafia earned his bachelor's degree
Mitchell_Aboulafia
Philosophical concept
1867, the 27–year-old Charles Sanders Peirce, who eventually founded pragmatism, presented a paper entitled "On a New List of Categories" to the American
Categories_(Peirce)
German philosopher (1770–1831)
documented by Richard J. Bernstein, the influence of Hegel on American pragmatism can be divided into three moments: the late nineteenth century, the mid-twentieth
Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel
Datum or structured component of reality
Constructivism Dialetheism Fictionalism Finitism Formalism Intuitionism Logical atomism Logicism Nominalism Platonic realism Pragmatism Realism Category
Fact
Opposition to authoritarianism
than relying on regulation by an external authority figure. According to pragmatism, anti-authoritarian ethics are developed through cultural inheritance
Anti-authoritarianism
British philosopher
Pragmatic Maxim: Essays on Peirce and Pragmatism. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2012 Truth, Rationality, and Pragmatism. Oxford University Press 2003 Peirce
Christopher_Hookway
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Khuman_martial_traditions
Ideology developed by Deng Xiaoping
phrase "seek truth from facts", an advocation of political and economic pragmatism. The fifth plenary session of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese
Deng_Xiaoping_Theory
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
atomism Logical positivism Marxism Neurophilosophy Ordinary language Pragmatism Quietism Scientific structuralism Sense data Analytic theology Analytical
Noam_Chomsky
Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969
23-year tenure as head of government, he was known for his moderation, pragmatism, self-ironic humour, and modesty. Born into poverty in Ransäter, Erlander
Tage_Erlander
Field of study
Neuroepistemology is an empirical approach to epistemology—the study of knowledge in a general, philosophical sense—which is informed by modern neuroscience
Neuroepistemology
German social philosopher (1929–2026)
philosopher and social theorist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. His work addressed communicative rationality and the public sphere. He
Jürgen_Habermas
Canadian philosopher (born 1961)
1961) is a Canadian philosopher and academic administrator who works in pragmatism, the history of analytic philosophy, and bioethics. She is a university
Cheryl_Misak
Process of understanding a complex topic or substance
Critical rationalism Empiricism Fallibilism Positivism Postpositivism Pragmatism Realism Critical realism Subtle realism Methodology Action research Art
Analysis
Academic fields of study or professions
Critical rationalism Empiricism Fallibilism Positivism Postpositivism Pragmatism Realism Critical realism Subtle realism Methodology Action research Art
Outline of academic disciplines
Outline_of_academic_disciplines
Intergovernmental forum of Southeast Asian nations
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 978-981-230-081-2. "Diplomatic pragmatism: ASEAN's response to the July 1997 coup | Conciliation Resources". c-r
ASEAN
American abolitionist (1818–1895)
– via newspapers.com. Gopnik, Adam (October 8, 2018). "The Prophetic Pragmatism of Frederick Douglass". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 26, 2023. Baker
Frederick_Douglass
American philosopher (born 1971)
research are epistemology, argumentation theory, ancient philosophy, and pragmatism. Aikin's work in epistemology is devoted to the elaboration and defense
Scott_Aikin
Philosophical study of beauty and art
Stanford University. Retrieved 17 July 2025. Kraut, Robert (2023). "Pragmatism and the Ontology Of Art". In Gert, Joshua (ed.). Neopragmatism: Interventions
Aesthetics
American philosopher (1902–1989)
Hook (December 20, 1902 – July 12, 1989) was an American philosopher of pragmatism known for his contributions to the philosophy of history, the philosophy
Sidney_Hook
Approach in diplomacy and politics
shares aspects of its philosophical approach with those of realism and pragmatism. While generally used as a positive or neutral term, Realpolitik has been
Realpolitik
2024 Indian film
crores budget: "It's essential to strike a balance between ambition and pragmatism" 25 : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. 25 April
Ruslaan
Australian philosopher and writer (born 1965)
philosophy of mind, and also has interests in general philosophy of science, pragmatism (especially the work of John Dewey), and some parts of metaphysics and
Peter_Godfrey-Smith
American art critic and editor
Albums (1992, Yale), Their Common Sense (2000, Black Dog Press), The Pragmatism in the History of Art (Periscope 2013, Inventory Press 2020), which forms
Molly_Nesbit
Form of reasoning
Constructivism Dialetheism Fictionalism Finitism Formalism Intuitionism Logical atomism Logicism Nominalism Platonic realism Pragmatism Realism Category
Deductive_reasoning
Political movement
Jennifer (2021). "Prison Abolition: From Naïve Idealism to Technological Pragmatism". The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. 111 (2): 351–406. ISSN 0091-4169
Prison_abolition
Problem in epistemology that any proposition can be endlessly questioned
In epistemology, the regress argument is the argument that any proposition requires a justification. However, any justification itself requires support
Regress argument (epistemology)
Regress_argument_(epistemology)
American philosopher and lawyer (1880–1947)
Russian-born American judicial philosopher, lawyer, and legal scholar who united pragmatism with logical positivism and linguistic analysis. This union coalesced
Morris_Raphael_Cohen
2026 Chinese film by Lan Hongchun
academic adviser at the Institute of Policy Studies, quoted the government's pragmatism and said that change will follow, and Chin Soo Fang of The Straits Times
Dear_You_(film)
1967–1970 war
admiration of the Igbos and sympathy for their plight. The Soviet Union chose pragmatism, in the form of alignment with federal Nigeria, over the ideological (if
Nigerian_Civil_War
Iranian cleric (born 1967)
File, Incorporated, 2009, p. 79 "Iran and the Caucasus – The Triumph of Pragmatism over Ideology – Centre for World Dialogue". worlddialogue.org. Archived
Mostafa_Khamenei
Prime Minister of India (1996; 1998–99, 1999–2004)
and a writer. His speeches and poetry are noted for blending political pragmatism with themes drawn from India's cultural and philosophical traditions.
Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee
Austrian physicist, philosopher and university educator (1838–1916)
science, he was a major influence on logical positivism and American pragmatism. Through his criticism of Isaac Newton's theories of space and time, he
Ernst_Mach
American philosopher (1873–1966)
revising idealism to integrate and fit into empiricism, naturalism and pragmatism. He said that metaphysics has to make inductions from experience: "That
William_Ernest_Hocking
State of being real
Naturalism Natural law Nihilism New Confucianism Neo-scholasticism Pessimism Pragmatism Phenomenology Positivism Reductionism Rationalism Social contract Socialism
Existence
Political faction
is pragmatism – that means an adherence to free-market economics and relatively conservative social values." The ideological position, and pragmatism ("to
Centre Right (Liberal Party of Australia)
Centre_Right_(Liberal_Party_of_Australia)
American philosopher (1912–1989)
was perhaps the first philosopher to synthesize elements of American pragmatism with elements of British and American analytic philosophy and Austrian
Wilfrid_Sellars
Central text of Rabbinic Judaism
conglomerate of law, legend, and philosophy, a blend of unique logic and shrewd pragmatism, of history and science, anecdotes and humor ... Although its main objective
Talmud
British post-punk band
London formed in 1978. The band name was a contraction of the two words "pragmatism" and "vector", chosen at random. PragVEC were formed in February 1978
PragVEC
2024 novel by John Wiswell
neurodivergent and so much of Shesheshen’s experiences felt eerily familiar. The pragmatism, the frustration at not being able to figure out what someone actually
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Someone_You_Can_Build_a_Nest_In
157–178, 22 s. Euroclio, 27. ISBN 90-5201-170-2. In Between Enthusiasm and Pragmatism: How To Construct Europe? (ed.). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita,
Vladimír_Goněc
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