Associations to the word «Pragmatism»
Noun
- Consensus
- Usefulness
- Enlightenment
- Compromise
- James
- Hilary
- Theorist
- Kaplan
- Principle
- Cul
- Clear
- Lecture
- Activism
- Experimentation
- Essay
- Rousseau
- Globalization
- Abstraction
- Intellectual
- Hypothesis
- Moral
- Dissertation
- Belief
- Flexibility
- Dilemma
- Capitalism
- Tradition
- Davidson
- Pratt
- Cal
- Concept
- Prudence
- Catalog
- Emphasis
- Combine
- Notion
- Rejection
- Paradigm
- Policy
- Approach
- Religious
- Consequence
- Theology
- Elf
- Tic
- Proposition
- Criticism
- Reality
- Reliance
- Emerson
- Agenda
- Buddhism
- Survival
- Radical
- Herbert
- Criterion
- Albany
- Attitude
- Privacy
- Method
- Excerpt
- Holmes
- William
- Knowledge
- Phi
- Mathematic
- Dialogue
- Interpretation
- Social
- Discourse
Adjective
Wiktionary
PRAGMATISM, noun. The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.
PRAGMATISM, noun. (politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.
PRAGMATISM, noun. (philosophy) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences.
Dictionary definition
PRAGMATISM, noun. (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value.
PRAGMATISM, noun. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth.
Wise words
We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control
our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we
are then master of the situation.