pragmatism

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philosophical movement philosophical tradition

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition, prominently developed by William James, that evaluates ideas and beliefs primarily by their practical consequences and usefulness in experience.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
American pragmatism	21
pragmatism canonical	3
Pragmatism	2
neo-pragmatism	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	philosophical movement ⓘ philosophical tradition ⓘ
appliedIn	education ⓘ epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ law ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ
associatedWithWork	Democracy and Education ⓘ Experience and Nature ⓘ How to Make Our Ideas Clear ⓘ Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking ⓘ The Fixation of Belief ⓘ The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy ⓘ surface form: The Will to Believe
developedBy	Charles Sanders Peirce ⓘ F. C. S. Schiller ⓘ George Herbert Mead ⓘ John Dewey ⓘ William James ⓘ
emphasizes	action ⓘ consequences of beliefs ⓘ experience ⓘ practice over abstract theory ⓘ
hasCoreIdea	ideas and beliefs are evaluated by their practical consequences ⓘ meaning of a concept is tied to its practical effects ⓘ truth is linked to usefulness in experience ⓘ
hasKeyConcept	anti-foundationalism ⓘ community of inquiry ⓘ fallibilism ⓘ instrumentalism ⓘ pluralism ⓘ truth as what works in the long run ⓘ
hasNotableProponent	Charles Sanders Peirce ⓘ Hilary Putnam ⓘ John Dewey ⓘ Richard Rorty ⓘ Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ surface form: W. V. O. Quine William James ⓘ
hasVariant	classical pragmatism ⓘ instrumentalism ⓘ neo-pragmatism ⓘ pragmatic realism ⓘ
influenced	analytic philosophy ⓘ education theory ⓘ legal theory ⓘ political theory ⓘ social reform movements ⓘ
influencedBy	American cultural context ⓘ empiricism ⓘ evolutionary theory ⓘ scientific method ⓘ
opposes	metaphysical absolutism ⓘ strict rationalism ⓘ
originatedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
originatedInPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ

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