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pragmatism | o |

As a noun pragmatism

is the pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.

As a letter o is

the letter o with an acute accent above it.

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

    o

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=n, next=p, image= (wikipedia o)

    Letter

  • The fifteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (Close-mid back rounded vowel) (head)
  • close-mid back rounded vowel

    • See also

    (Latn-script) {{Letter , page=O , NATO=Oscar , Morse=––– , Character=O , Braille=? }} Image:Latin O.png, Capital and lowercase versions of O , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter O.png, Uppercase and lowercase O in Fraktur ----