pragmatism
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1. the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | practicality, |
| definition | : | concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities (noun.attribute) |
2. (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value (noun.cognition)
| hyponym | : | instrumentalism, |
| definition | : | a system of pragmatic philosophy that considers idea to be instruments that should guide our actions and their value is measured by their success (noun.cognition) |
| domain category | : | philosophy, |
| definition | : | the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics (noun.cognition) |
3. the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | pragmatist, |
| definition | : | a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | pragmatist, |
| definition | : | an adherent of philosophical pragmatism (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | realist, |
| definition | : | a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | realist, |
| definition | : | a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly (noun.person) |
4. (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | pragmatist, |
| definition | : | an adherent of philosophical pragmatism (noun.person) |
5. the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | pragmatist, |
| definition | : | a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | pragmatist, |
| definition | : | an adherent of philosophical pragmatism (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | realist, |
| definition | : | a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | realist, |
| definition | : | a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly (noun.person) |
6. (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | pragmatist, |
| definition | : | an adherent of philosophical pragmatism (noun.person) |
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