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Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that views language and thought as tools for prediction, problem solving, and action, rather than describing, representing, or mirroring reality. Pragmatists contend that most philosophical topics—such as the nature of knowledge, language, concepts, meaning, belief, and science—are best viewed in terms of their…
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TTTA extracted 255 structured relationships around Pragmatism. Examples in this analysis include Pragmatism → is a → philosophical tradition that views language and thought as tools for prediction and Pragmatism → is a → theory of knowledge originating with the work of the philosopher and logician Clarence Irving Lewis. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pragmatism | is a | philosophical tradition that views language and thought as tools for prediction | 0.90 | text |
| Pragmatism | is a | theory of knowledge originating with the work of the philosopher and logician Clarence Irving Lewis | 0.90 | text |
| Pragmatism | is a | purveyor of anti-intellectualism in American culture because it urges people to choose what works in practice only rather than engaging in abstract critical thinking | 0.90 | text |
| Jerome Schneewind | instance of | The pragmatist formulation pre-dates those of other philosophers who have stressed important similarities between values and facts | 0.80 | text |
| John Searle.William James' contribution to ethics | instance of | The pragmatist formulation pre-dates those of other philosophers who have stressed important similarities between values and facts | 0.80 | text |
| as laid out in his essay The Will to Believe has often been misunderstood as a plea for relativism or irrationality | instance of | The pragmatist formulation pre-dates those of other philosophers who have stressed important similarities between values and facts | 0.80 | text |
| Michel Callon | instance of | Outline of a Theory of Knowledge.French pragmatism is attended with theorists | 0.80 | text |
| Bruno Latour | instance of | Outline of a Theory of Knowledge.French pragmatism is attended with theorists | 0.80 | text |
| Michel Crozier | instance of | Outline of a Theory of Knowledge.French pragmatism is attended with theorists | 0.80 | text |
| Luc Boltanski | instance of | Outline of a Theory of Knowledge.French pragmatism is attended with theorists | 0.80 | text |
| and Laurent Thévenot | instance of | Outline of a Theory of Knowledge.French pragmatism is attended with theorists | 0.80 | text |
| Henri Bergson | instance of | Much of the classical pragmatists' work developed in dialogue with process philosophers | 0.80 | text |
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Source: Wikipedia — Pragmatism · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout