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Pragmatism

Pragmatism Meaning & Definition
Pragmatism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pragmatism?

[n] the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

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See Also | philosophical doctrine | philosophical theory

Pragmatism In Webster's Dictionary

\Prag"ma*tism\, n. The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method. The narration of this apparently trifling circumstance belongs to the pragmatism of the history. --A. Murphy.

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