Analytical vs Pragmatism - What's the difference?
analytical | pragmatism |
Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment
Using analytic reasoning as opposed to synthetic.
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:
As an adjective analytical
is of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment.As a noun pragmatism is
the pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.analytical
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* analytical chemistry * analytical table of contentspragmatism
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(wikipedia pragmatism)Noun
- 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 .