Pragmatism - A truly American philosophy

Philosophy can be more than wishy-washy flim-flam. It can be practical. The United States is normally not considered the birthplace of philosophical ideas, but leave it to America to come up with one of the most productive philosophical schools ever created. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous:    • Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Mach...   related:    • Constitutional Ideology - the philosophy b...   ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Menand, Louis. Pragmatism: A Reader. New York: Random House Publishing, 1997. https://amzn.to/2LwjnQU Cobley, Paul and Litza Jansz. Introducing Semiotics: A Graphic Guide. Malta: Gutenberg Press, 1997. https://amzn.to/2uCNaOr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmat... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmat... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functio... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavio... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symboli... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical... ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... contribute to my Patreon:   / cynicalhistorian   LET'S CONNECT:   / cynicalcypher88     / cynical_history   ----------------------------------------- Wiki: Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that began in the United States around 1870.[1] Charles Sanders Peirce, generally considered to be its founder, later described it in his pragmatic maxim: Consider the practical effects of the objects of your conception. Then, your conception of those effects is the whole of your conception of the object.[2] Pragmatism considers thought an instrument or tool for prediction, problem solving and action, and rejects the idea that the function of thought is to describe, represent, or mirror reality.[3] Pragmatists contend that most philosophical topics—such as the nature of knowledge, language, concepts, meaning, belief, and science—are all best viewed in terms of their practical uses and successes. The philosophy of pragmatism “emphasizes the practical application of ideas by acting on them to actually test them in human experiences”.[4] Pragmatism focuses on a “changing universe rather than an unchanging one as the Idealists, Realists and Thomists had claimed”.[4] ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #pragmatism #philosophy #CSPeirce #WilliamJames #JohnDewey #neopragmatism