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Definitions of pragmatism in various dictionaries:
noun - (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
noun - the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
A movement consisting of varying but associated theories, originally developed by Charles S.
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| Nov 14 2018 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
| Feb 18 2012 The Times - Concise |
| Feb 15 2011 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
| Nov 12 2009 The Telegraph - Toughie |
| Dec 21 2004 The Times - Cryptic |
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| Charles Sanders Peirce was the founder of this -ism whose name is from Greek for "practical" |
| This philosophical movement holds that the truth value of a proposition lies in its practicality |
| Philosophic theory promoted by William James in the early 1900s |
| This -ism of assessing ideas by their practical consequences is the title of a William James work |
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| a pragmatic attitude or policy. |
| Philosophy A movement consisting of varying but associated theories, originally developed by Charles S. Peirce and William James and distinguished by the doctrine that the meaning of an idea or a proposition lies in its observable practical consequences. |
| A practical, matter-of-fact way of approaching or assessing situations or of solving problems. |
| (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value |
| the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth |
| the quality of dealing with a problem in a sensible way that suits the conditions that really exist, rather than following fixed theories, ideas, or rules: |
| an approach to problems and situations that is based on practical solutions |
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| Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that began in the United States around 1870. Its origins are often attributed to the philosophers William James, John Dewey, and Charles Sanders Peirce. Peirce later described it in his pragmatic maxim: "Consider the practical effects of the objects of your conception. Then, your conception of those effects is the whole of your conception of the object."Pragmatism considers thought as an instrument or tool for prediction, problem solving and action, and rejects the idea that the function of thought is to describe, represent, or mirror reality. Pragmatists contend that most philosophical topicssuch as the nature of knowledge, language, concepts, meaning, belief, and scienceare all best viewed in terms of their practical uses and successes. The philosophy of pragmatism "emphasizes the practical application of ideas by acting on them to actually test them in human experiences". Pragmatism focuses on a "changing universe rather than an unchanging one |