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'''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 [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 has enjoyed renewed [[attention]] since the 1960s, when a new analytic school of philosophy ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Van_Orman_Quine W. V. O. Quine] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Sellars Wilfrid Sellars]) put forth a revised pragmatism criticizing the [http://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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopragmatism neopragmatism], gained [[influence]] spearheaded by the philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rorty Richard Rorty], the most influential of the late 20th-century pragmatists.

Pragmatism has enjoyed renewed [[attention]] since the 1960s, when a new analytic school of philosophy ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Van_Orman_Quine W. V. O. Quine] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Sellars Wilfrid Sellars]) put forth a revised pragmatism criticizing the [http://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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopragmatism neopragmatism], gained [[influence]] spearheaded by the philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rorty Richard Rorty], the most influential of the late 20th-century pragmatists.