Pragmatism Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that views language and thought as tools for prediction, problem solving, and action, rather than describing, representing, or mirroring reality. Pragmatists contend that most philosophical topics� ...

is a philosophical movement. Pragmatism or pragmatic may also refer to: * "

Pragmaticism "Pragmaticism" is a term used by Charles Sanders Peirce for his pragmatic philosophy starting in 1905, in order to distance himself and it from pragmatism, the original name, which had been used in a manner he did not approve of in the "literary ...

", Charles Sanders Peirce's post-1905 branch of philosophy *

Pragmatics In linguistics and the philosophy of language, pragmatics is the study of how Context (linguistics), context contributes to meaning. The field of study evaluates how human language is utilized in social interactions, as well as the relationship ...

, a subfield of linguistics and semiotics * ''Pragmatics'' (journal), an academic journal in the field of pragmatics *

Pragmatic ethics Pragmatic ethics is a theory of normative philosophical ethics and meta-ethics that is associated with pragmatism, a philosophical movement that developed around the turn of the 20th century. Ethical pragmatists such as John Dewey believe that s ...

, a theory of normative philosophical ethics

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