American Pragmatism

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Bertrand_Russell
logical positivists
gptkbp:emergedIn late 19th century
gptkbp:emphasizes fallibilism
pluralism
anti-skepticism
gptkbp:field gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:focusesOn gptkb:action
practical consequences
experience
gptkbp:hasConcept meaning of concepts is found in their practical effects
truth is what works in practice
beliefs are rules for action
gptkbp:hasSubfield pragmatism
American philosophy
gptkbp:hasSubschools neo-pragmatism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label American Pragmatism
gptkbp:influenced 20th century
analytic philosophy
late 19th century
legal realism
education theory
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Darwinism
empiricism
scientific research
gptkbp:majorWork gptkb:Experience_and_Nature
gptkb:How_We_Think
gptkb:The_Fixation_of_Belief
gptkb:Pragmatism:_A_New_Name_for_Some_Old_Ways_of_Thinking
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Charles_Sanders_Peirce
gptkb:George_Herbert_Mead
gptkb:John_Dewey
gptkb:William_James
gptkbp:opposedBy absolute certainty
metaphysical absolutes
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:pragmatic_ethics
instrumentalism
pragmatic maxim
pragmatic theory of truth
gptkbp:revival gptkb:Hilary_Putnam
gptkb:Richard_Rorty
gptkb:Cornel_West
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_Idealism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8