pragmatism
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
pragmatism
- The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.
- (politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.
- (philosophy) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 378:
- Our conception of these practical consequences is for us the whole of our conception of the object [...] This is the principle of Peirce, the principle of pragmatism.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 378:
- The habit of interfering in other people's affairs; meddlesomeness.
- French: pragmatisme
- German: Pragmatismus
- Portuguese: pragmatismo
- Russian: прагмати́зм
- Spanish: pragmatismo
- Portuguese: pragmatismo
- Russian: прагмати́зм
- Spanish: pragmatismo
- German: Pragmatismus
- Italian: pragmatismo
- Portuguese: pragmatismo
- Spanish: pragmatismo
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