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Definition of Pragmatist
1. Noun. An adherent of philosophical pragmatism.
2. Noun. A person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions.
Definition of Pragmatist
1. n. One who is pragmatic.
Definition of Pragmatist
1. Noun. One who acts in a practical or straightforward manner; one who is pragmatic; one who values practicality or pragmatism. ¹
2. Noun. One who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who is willing to ignore their ideals to accomplish goals. ¹
3. Noun. One who belongs to the philosophic school of pragmatism; one who holds that the meaning of beliefs are the actions they entail, and that the truth of those beliefs consist in the actions they entail successfully leading a believer to their goals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pragmatist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pragmatist
Literary usage of Pragmatist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Present Philosophical Tendencies: A Critical Survey of Naturalism, Idealism by Ralph Barton Perry (1912)
"In its native habitat, where the pragmatist seeks it out and observes it, ...
This is the subject- matter with which the pragmatist theory of knowledge ..."
2. Bergson and the Modern Spirit: An Essay in Constructive Thought by George Rowland Dodson (1913)
"He says the pragmatist is necessarily a realist in his theory of knowledge ...
He does not find it difficult to show that his idea of the pragmatist view of ..."
3. Epistemology; Or, The Theory of Knowledge: An Introduction to General by Peter Coffey (1917)
"According to the pragmatist view, truth is something essentially relative, evolving,
... THE pragmatist CRITERION EXAMINED. SPECIAL ARGUMENT OUTLINED. ..."
4. Pragmatism and Idealism by William Caldwell (1913)
"CHAPTER II PRAGMATISM AND THE pragmatist MOVEMENT IN considering some of the
results of pragmatist and voluntarist doctrines in the case of European writers ..."
5. The Meaning of Truth: A Sequel to "Pragmatism," by William James (1909)
"... assumed too ready an intelligence, and consequently in many places 1 Reprint
from the Philosophical Review, January, 1908 (vol. xvii, p. 1). pragmatist ..."
6. Anti-pragmatism; an Examination Into the Respective Rights of Intellectual by Albert Schinz (1909)
"... A pragmatist? The coexistence in William James of pragmatic thought and pure
thought. Two reasons have finally made the balance incline to the side of ..."
7. Anti-pragmatism; an Examination Into the Respective Rights of Intellectual by Albert Schinz (1909)
"CHAPTER III IS WILLIAM JAMES A pragmatist? The coexistence in William James of
pragmatic thought and pure thought. Two reasons have finally made the balance ..."
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