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[pragmatic + ism.] A special and limited form of pragmatism, in which the pragmatism is restricted to the determining of the meaning of concepts (particularly of philosophic concepts) by consideration of the experimental differences in the conduct of life which would conceivably result from the affirmation or denial of the meaning in question.
C.S. Peirce, "A Definition of Pragmatism" (paper as titled by Menand in Pragmatism: A Reader, from Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce v. 8, some or all of paragraphs 191–195.) William James, Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (especially lectures I, II and VI) John Dewey, Reconstruction in Philosophy
The pragmatic maxim, also known as the maxim of pragmatism or the maxim of pragmaticism, is a maxim of logic formulated by Charles Sanders Peirce.Serving as a normative recommendation or a regulative principle in the normative science of logic, its function is to guide the conduct of thought toward the achievement of its purpose, advising on an optimal way of "attaining clearness of apprehension".
Pragmatics was a reaction to structuralist linguistics as outlined by Ferdinand de Saussure.In many cases, it expanded upon his idea that language has an analyzable structure, composed of parts that can be defined in relation to others.
Pragmatism begins with the idea that belief is that on which one is prepared to act. Peirce's pragmatism is a method of clarification of conceptions of objects. It equates any conception of an object to a conception of that object's effects to a general extent of the effects' conceivable implications for informed practice.
not essential to the comprehension process, so that no special pragmatic principles are needed to explain them (for example, asserting, predicting, suggesting, claiming, denying, requesting, warning, threatening). [19] Saying that is the speech act type associated with declarative sentences and paths (a) and (c) in the diagram. Depending on the ...
Universal pragmatics (UP), more recently [when?] placed under the heading of formal pragmatics, is the philosophical study of the necessary conditions for reaching an understanding through communication.
Published in full with editor's introduction and commentary, Patricia Ann Turisi, ed., Pragmatism as a Principle and Method of Right Thinking: The 1903 Harvard "Lectures on Pragmatism" (PPM or HL), State University of New York Press, Albany, NY, 1997, SUNY catalog page. A study edition of Charles Sanders Peirce's lecture manuscripts which had ...