Pragmatism vs X - What's the difference?
pragmatism | x |
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:
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
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As a noun pragmatism
is the pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.pragmatism
English
(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 .