Meaning of PRAGMATISM
| Pronunciation: | | 'pragmu`tizum
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| | Definition: | | [n] the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value |
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| | See Also: | | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Prag"ma*tism\, n.
The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the
pragmatic, or philosophical, method.
The narration of this apparently trifling circumstance
belongs to the pragmatism of the history. --A. Murphy.
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| | Related Terms: | | animalism, atomism, behaviorism, commonsense realism, control, control experiment, controlled experiment, cut and try, dialectical materialism, down-to-earthness, earthiness, earthliness, empiricism, epiphenomenalism, experiment, experimental design, experimental method, experimental proof, experimentalism, experimentation, freedom from illusion, functional design, functional furniture, functionalism, hardheadedness, historical materialism, hit and miss, hylomorphism, hylotheism, hylozoism, lack of feelings, Marxism, materialism, matter-of-factness, mechanism, natural realism, naturalism, new realism, noble experiment, physicalism, physicism, positive philosophy, positivism, practicality, practical-mindedness, practicalness, pragmaticism, R and D, rationality, realism, reasonableness, representative realism, research and development, rule of thumb, saneness, scientism, secularism, sensibleness, sober-mindedness, substantialism, temporality, tentative method, tentativeness, testing, trial, trial and error, trying, unidealism, unromanticalness, unsentimentality, utilitarianism, worldliness |
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