Look up: pragmatism

1. pragmatism
   [n] - the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
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2. pragmatism
   Philosophical tradition that interprets truth in terms of the practical effects of what is believed and, in particular, the usefulness of these effects. The US philosopher Charles Peirce is often...
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3. Pragmatism
   Prag'ma·tism noun The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method. « The narration of this apparently trifling circumstance belongs to the pragmatism of the history.» A. Murphy.
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4. pragmatism
   A philosophy emphasizing practical applications and consequences of beliefs and theories, that the meaning of ideas or things is determined by the testability of the idea in real life. ... Origin: G. Pragma (pragmat-), thing done ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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5. pragmatism
   noun (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
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6. Pragmatism
   • (n.) The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method.
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7. Pragmatism
   school of philosophy, dominant in the United States during the first quarter of the 20th century, based on the principle that the usefulness, ... [10 related articles]
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8. pragmatism
   pragmatism 1. In philosophy, the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value. 2. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth. 3. A straightforward practical way of thinking about things or dealing with proble...
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9. pragmatism
   Type: Term Pronunciation: prag′mă-tizm Definitions: 1. A philosophy emphasizing practical applications and consequences of beliefs and theories, that the meaning of ideas or things is determined by the testability of the idea in real life.
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10. pragmatism
    pragmatism (prăg'mutizum) , method of philosophy in which the truth of a proposition is measured by its correspondence with experimental results and by its practical outcome. Thought is considered as simply an instrument for supporting the life aims of the human organism and has no real me...
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11. Pragmatism
    (Gr. pragma, things done) Owes its inception as a movement of philosophy to C. S. Peirce and William James, but approximations to it can be found in many earlier thinkers, including (according to Peirce and James) Socrates and Aristotle, Berkeley and Hume. Concerning a closer precursor, Shadworth Ho...
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12. pragmatism
    Philosophical tradition that interprets truth in terms of the practical effects of what is believed and, in particular, the usefulness of these effects. The US philosopher Charles Peirce is often accounted the founder of pragmatism; it was further advanced by William James
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13. Pragmatism
    `Pragmatism` is an American philosophical tradition centered on the linking of practice and theory. It describes a process where theory is extracted from practice, and applied back to practice to form what is called intelligent practice. Important positions characteristic of pragmatism includ...
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