Pragmatism - Wikipedia
Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that views language and thought as tools for prediction, problem solving, and action, rather than describing, representing, or mirroring reality.
Pragmatism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
2008年8月16日 · Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that – very broadly – understands knowing the world as inseparable from agency within it.
Pragmatism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Pragmatism was a philosophical tradition that originated in the United States around 1870. The most important of the ‘classical pragmatists’ were Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914), William James (1842–1910) and John Dewey (1859–1952).
Pragmatism | Definition, History, & Examples | Britannica
2024年12月11日 · pragmatism, school of philosophy, dominant in the United States in the first quarter of the 20th century, based on the principle that the usefulness, workability, and practicality of ideas, policies, and proposals are the criteria of their merit.
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
2023年10月22日 · Pragmatism is the most influential philosophical movement to come out of American philosophy. Its most basic foundational principle is that of the pragmatic method, that is, the methodological prioritization of practical consequences over everything else.
Pragmatism: Explanation and Examples - Philosophy Terms
Pragmatists broadly critique philosophy for thinking that the terms have inherent meanings and trying to understand them. Political philosophers, for example, have often asked the question “What is power?” To a pragmatist, this is a bad question: “power” isn’t anything in particular.
Pragmatism - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pragmatism is a way of thinking that sees language and ideas as tools to help us predict outcomes, solve problems, and take action, instead of simply describing or reflecting reality.
Pragmatism - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Pragmatism is a philosophical movement that includes those who claim that an ideology or proposition is true if it works satisfactorily, that the meaning of a proposition is to be found in the practical consequences of accepting it, and that unpractical ideas are to be rejected.
Pragmatism - New World Encyclopedia
Pragmatism is a philosophical movement that originated with Charles Sanders Peirce (1839 – 1914) (who first stated the pragmatic maxim) and came to fruition in the early twentieth-century philosophies of William James and John Dewey.
Philosophical Theory, Realism, Empiricism - Britannica
2024年12月11日 · The pragmatic philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce was part of a more general theory of thought and of signs. Thought, or “inquiry,” results from doubt, a state in which habitual actions are blocked or confused and from which organic irritation and irresolution result.