Pessimism vs Pragmatism - What's the difference?
pessimism | pragmatism |
A general belief that bad things will happen.
The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.
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 nouns the difference between pessimism and pragmatism
is that pessimism is a general belief that bad things will happen while pragmatism is the pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.pessimism
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(wikipedia pessimism)Noun
(en-noun)Antonyms
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* * * English words suffixed with -ism ----pragmatism
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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 .
