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Pragmatism vs Absolutism - What's the difference?

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In philosophy terms the difference between pragmatism and absolutism

is that pragmatism is 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 while absolutism is belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.

As nouns the difference between pragmatism and absolutism

is that pragmatism is the pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals while absolutism is doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.

pragmatism

English

(wikipedia pragmatism)

Noun

  • 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 .

    Antonyms

    * idealism * contemplation

    Related terms

    * pragmatic * pragmatically * pragmatist

    absolutism

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
  • (political science) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
  • :* The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. - Palfrey
  • (philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
  • Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
  • (lb) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
  • * 2003 , Ruth R. Wisse, The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey Through Language (ISBN 0226903184):
    • It was the absolutism of his ambition to be a perfect writer (and perhaps also the perfect son) that imperiled him.

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