pragmatism

Examples of pragmatism in the following topics:

• Pragmatism

  • Pragmatism, a philosophical movement during the 1870s, is a philosophical tradition centered on the linking of practice and theory.
  • Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition centered on the linking of practice and theory.
  • Pragmatism as a philosophical movement began in the United States in the 1870s.
  • Peirce called his pragmatism "the logic of abduction," the logic of inference to explanatory hypotheses.
  • Describe the philosophical commitments of pragmatism, as evidenced by the work of Charles Sanders Pierce

• The Pragmatic Sanction

  • The Pragmatic Sanction was an edict issued by Charles VI on April 19, 1713, to ensure that the Habsburg hereditary possessions could be inherited by a daughter.
  • The Pragmatic Sanction was the first such document to be publicly announced and as such required formal acceptance by the estates of the realms it concerned.
  • Maria Theresa, Charles' daughter who in 1740 succeeded her father following his death, still gained the throne of Hungary (the Hungarian Parliament voted its own Pragmatic Sanction in 1723).
  • Despite the promulgation of the Pragmatic Sanction, however, her accession in 1740 resulted in the outbreak of the War of the Austrian Succession.
  • Explain the contents of the Pragmatic Sanction and its intended purpose

• Mead

  • In Pragmatism, nothing practical or useful is held to be necessarily true, nor is anything which helps to survive merely in the short term.
  • The two most important roots of Mead's work, and of symbolic interactionism in general, are the philosophy of pragmatism and social behaviorism.
  • Pragmatism is a wide ranging philosophical position from which several aspects of Mead's influences can be identified.
  • In Pragmatism nothing practical or useful is held to be necessarily true, nor is anything which helps to survive merely in the short term.
  • Discuss Mead's theory of social psychology in terms of two concepts - pragmatism and social behaviorism

• Peace

  • Pacifism may be based on moral principles or pragmatism.
  • Pragmatic pacifism holds that the costs of war and inter-personal violence are so substantial that better ways of resolving disputes must be found.
  • Explain the difference between principled pacifism and pragmatic pacifism, and what they share in common

• Switching Parties

  • Though uncommon, a member of Congress switch parties for either ideological or pragmatic reasons.
  • Others switch for more pragmatic reasons, such as to gain more power in Congress or to gain reelection.

• Explaining the Stakes and the Consequences

  • This problem is pragmatic because it has real-world consequences.
  • Problems usually fall into two categories: pragmatic and conceptual.
  • Pragmatic problems are those with tangible consequences and solutions.
  • Pragmatic problems will have different costs and benefits than conceptual ones will.
  • Pragmatic costs include social, economic, or logistical disadvantages.

• Establishing Why Your Claims Matter

  • Claim in context: This passage describes the current conversation about sustainable energy, uses pragmatic evidence to make a contribution to that conversation, and infers a larger conclusion about the future impact on energy usage: "The contemporary debate about renewable energy is still fragmented: solar energy has its loyal defenders, but so do wind energy, biomass energy, and hydropower.
  • Claim in Context: This passage describes the current conversation about sustainable energy, uses pragmatic evidence to make a contribution to that conversation, and infers a larger conclusion about the future impact on energy usage: "The contemporary debate about renewable energy is still fragmented: solar energy has its loyal defenders, but so do wind energy, biomass energy, and hydropower.
  • What serves your argument best: pragmatic details, which deal with real-world outcomes, or conceptual details, which relate to the pursuit of knowledge?
  • Since the argument favors a real-world outcome, pragmatic evidence is the most persuasive variety.
  • The pragmatic evidence works well.

• Introduction to Property Rights

  • Second, property rights can be justified by "natural rights" or by logic and pragmatism.
  • A pragmatic justification of property rights is based on defining property rights to achieve an objective.
  • Property rights justified on natural rights tends to be static while pragmatism tends to justify property rights that evolve to meet the needs of changing circumstances (population, technology, environment, etc.).
  • Hayek, a market oriented economist, seems to focus on a pragmatic approach to property rights:

• References

  • Reconstructing educational psychology: Situated cognition and Deweyian pragmatism.

• The War of Austrian Succession

  • In 1713, Charles VI of the Habsburg dynasty issued an edict known as the Pragmatic Sanction.
  • However, the Pragmatic Sanction did not affect the office of Holy Roman Emperor because the Imperial crown was elective, not hereditary, although successive elected Habsburg rulers headed the Holy Roman Empire since 1438.
  • Hoping to unify his disconnected lands and thus desiring the prosperous, resource-rich, and strategically located Austrian province of Silesia, Frederick declined to endorse the Pragmatic Sanction.