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Pragmatist   /prˈægmətɪst/   Listen
Pragmatist

noun
1.
An adherent of philosophical pragmatism.
2.
A person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions.





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"Pragmatist" Quotes from Famous Books



... we say that the Christian Infinite is not infinite. We are tempted, like Nietzsche, to return back to the old pagan Infinite, to say that is supreme. Or we are inclined, like the English and the Pragmatist, to say, 'There is no Infinite, there is no Absolute. The only Absolute is expediency, the only reality is sensation and momentariness.' But we may say this, even act on it, a la Sanine. But we ...
— Twilight in Italy • D.H. Lawrence
... enquiring and free intellect unhampered by iron dogma. Beneficial to artistic and emotional development therefore, the teaching of Communism as a faith may well be most pernicious to the scientific and intellectual side of education, and will lead direct to the pragmatist view of knowledge and scientific research which the Church and the capitalist already find it ...
— The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism • Bertrand Russell


Words linked to "Pragmatist" :   pragmatism, realist


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