Example sentences for: pragmatism

How can you use “pragmatism” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • James urged us to think of true beliefs as those that point to successful actions, most of which result (in the sense of pragmatism's coiner, Charles Sander Peirce) from a convergence of belief among our "community of inquirers."

  • Credit American pragmatism: We really can fix our problems if we try.

  • I would have preferred having West discuss something more on the order of the impact of pragmatism on black philosophers or an essay on the whole black philosophy movement.

  • The Butcher of the Balkans' genius is his chilly pragmatism.

  • His struggle through the start-up and red ink of USA Today succeeded in bending daily journalism to the principles of classical American pragmatism.


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