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==Origin==

==Origin==

*1: a [[practical]] approach to [[problems]] and affairs <tried to strike a [[balance]] between [[principles]] and pragmatism>

*1: a [[practical]] approach to [[problems]] and affairs <tried to strike a [[balance]] between [[principles]] and pragmatism>

*2: an American [[movement]] in [[philosophy]] founded by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce C. S. Peirce] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James William James] and marked by the [[doctrines]] that the [[meaning]] of conceptions is to be sought in their [[practical]] bearings, that the [[function]] of [[thought]] is to guide [[action]], and that [[truth]] is preeminently to be tested by the [[practical]] [[consequences]] of [[belief]]

*2: an American [[movement]] in [[philosophy]] founded by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce C. S. Peirce] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James William James] and marked by the [[doctrines]] that the [[meaning]] of conceptions is to be sought in their [[practical]] bearings, that the [[function]] of [[thought]] is to guide [[action]], and that [[truth]] is preeminently to be tested by the [[practical]] [[consequences]] of [[belief]]

==Description==

==Description==

'''Pragmatism''' is a philosophical movement that includes those who claim that an [[ideology]] or [[proposition]] can be said to be true if and only if it works satisfactorily, that the [[meaning]] of a proposition is to be found in the practical consequences of accepting it, and that impractical ideas are to be rejected. Pragmatism, in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James William James]' eyes, was that the [[truth]] of an idea needed to be tested to prove its [[validity]]. Pragmatism began in the late nineteenth century with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce Charles Sanders Peirce] and his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatic_maxim pragmatic maxim]. Through the early twentieth-century it was developed further in the works of William James, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey John Dewey] and—in a less [[orthodox]] [[manner]]—by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santayana George Santayana]. Other important aspects of pragmatism include, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_empiricism radical empiricism], instrumentalism, verificationism, conceptual relativity, a denial of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact-value_distinction fact-value distinction], a high regard for [[science]], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallibilism fallibilism].

'''Pragmatism''' is a philosophical movement that includes those who claim that an [[ideology]] or [[proposition]] can be said to be true if and only if it works satisfactorily, that the [[meaning]] of a proposition is to be found in the practical consequences of accepting it, and that impractical ideas are to be rejected. Pragmatism, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James William James]' eyes, was that the [[truth]] of an idea needed to be tested to prove its [[validity]]. Pragmatism began in the late nineteenth century with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce Charles Sanders Peirce] and his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatic_maxim pragmatic maxim]. Through the early twentieth-century it was developed further in the works of William James, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey John Dewey] and—in a less [[orthodox]] [[manner]]—by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santayana George Santayana]. Other important aspects of pragmatism include, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_empiricism radical empiricism], instrumentalism, verificationism, conceptual relativity, a denial of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact-value_distinction fact-value distinction], a high regard for [[science]], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallibilism fallibilism].

Pragmatism has enjoyed renewed [[attention]] since the 1960s, when a new analytic school of philosophy ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Van_Orman_Quine W. V. O. Quine] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Sellars Wilfrid Sellars]) put forth a revised pragmatism criticizing the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_positivism logical positivism] dominant in the United States and Britain since the 1930s, while a new brand infused with themes from the analytic and other traditions, known sometimes as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopragmatism neopragmatism], gained [[influence]] spearheaded by the philosopher [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rorty Richard Rorty], the most influential of the late 20th-century pragmatists.

Contemporary pragmatism may be, in broad general terms, divided into a strict analytic tradition and "neo-classical" pragmatism (such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Haack Susan Haack]) that adheres to the work of Peirce, James, and Dewey. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatism]

 

Contemporary pragmatism may be, in broad general terms, divided into a strict analytic tradition and "neo-classical" pragmatism (such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Haack Susan Haack]) that adheres to the work of Peirce, James, and Dewey. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatism]

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