pragmatism | GPTKB v2

All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
American pragmatism	21
pragmatism canonical	3
Pragmatism	2
neo-pragmatism	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1489063 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: pragmatism
Context triple: [William James, movement, pragmatism]

A. logical positivism
Logical positivism is a 20th-century philosophical movement that emphasizes the verification of statements through empirical observation and logical analysis, rejecting metaphysics as cognitively meaningless.
B. Cours de philosophie positive
Cours de philosophie positive is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically presents his philosophy of positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences.
C. Empiricism
Empiricism is a philosophical doctrine that holds that all or most human knowledge arises from sensory experience rather than innate ideas or pure reason.
D. Humanism
Humanism is an intellectual and cultural movement that emphasizes the value, agency, and rational capacities of human beings, drawing inspiration from classical antiquity and focusing on secular learning and individual potential.
E. PHL
PHL is the three-letter IATA airport code for Philadelphia International Airport, the primary commercial airport serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area in Pennsylvania, USA.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: pragmatism
Target entity description: Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition, prominently developed by William James, that evaluates ideas and beliefs primarily by their practical consequences and usefulness in experience.

A. logical positivism
Logical positivism is a 20th-century philosophical movement that emphasizes the verification of statements through empirical observation and logical analysis, rejecting metaphysics as cognitively meaningless.
B. Cours de philosophie positive
Cours de philosophie positive is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically presents his philosophy of positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences.
C. Empiricism
Empiricism is a philosophical doctrine that holds that all or most human knowledge arises from sensory experience rather than innate ideas or pure reason.
D. Humanism
Humanism is an intellectual and cultural movement that emphasizes the value, agency, and rational capacities of human beings, drawing inspiration from classical antiquity and focusing on secular learning and individual potential.
E. PHL
PHL is the three-letter IATA airport code for Philadelphia International Airport, the primary commercial airport serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area in Pennsylvania, USA.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	philosophical movement ⓘ philosophical tradition ⓘ
appliedIn	education ⓘ epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ law ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ
associatedWithWork	Democracy and Education ⓘ Experience and Nature ⓘ How to Make Our Ideas Clear ⓘ Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking ⓘ The Fixation of Belief ⓘ The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy ⓘ surface form: The Will to Believe
developedBy	Charles Sanders Peirce ⓘ F. C. S. Schiller ⓘ George Herbert Mead ⓘ John Dewey ⓘ William James ⓘ
emphasizes	action ⓘ consequences of beliefs ⓘ experience ⓘ practice over abstract theory ⓘ
hasCoreIdea	ideas and beliefs are evaluated by their practical consequences ⓘ meaning of a concept is tied to its practical effects ⓘ truth is linked to usefulness in experience ⓘ
hasKeyConcept	anti-foundationalism ⓘ community of inquiry ⓘ fallibilism ⓘ instrumentalism ⓘ pluralism ⓘ truth as what works in the long run ⓘ
hasNotableProponent	Charles Sanders Peirce ⓘ Hilary Putnam ⓘ John Dewey ⓘ Richard Rorty ⓘ Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ surface form: W. V. O. Quine William James ⓘ
hasVariant	classical pragmatism ⓘ instrumentalism ⓘ neo-pragmatism ⓘ pragmatic realism ⓘ
influenced	analytic philosophy ⓘ education theory ⓘ legal theory ⓘ political theory ⓘ social reform movements ⓘ
influencedBy	American cultural context ⓘ empiricism ⓘ evolutionary theory ⓘ scientific method ⓘ
opposes	metaphysical absolutism ⓘ strict rationalism ⓘ
originatedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
originatedInPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ

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