pragmatism

It is not, however, the experimentalist impulse of a radicalized pragmatism that stands to blame for the atrocities and absurdities of the twentieth century.

It is argued that domesticated pragmatism, with its emphasis on local rather than global perspective, has led to trivialization and degeneration of self-reflective critique.

The policies of this sovereign nation, as well as its cultural symbols, reflect a pragmatism tinged with a defiance of established political and economic conventions.

Much of twentieth-century philosophy, even if not overtly pragmatist, concedes this insight of pragmatism.

In one extract he had shown his contempt for the political pragmatism espoused by the home rule party.

Flint was motivated by pragmatism rather than ideology in his change of strategy.

Radicalized pragmatism is simply the operational ideology of this practice-challenging practice.

Toward the end of the nineteenth century, pragmatism challenged this division, pointing to numerous interconnections between facts, values, and linguistic and cultural contexts.

Given this interpretation, conservatism is most obviously to be linked with pragmatism,6 and contrasted with radicalism and idealism.

It is pragmatism like this, rather than idealism, that shapes the destiny of tongues.

In the political beliefs and instincts of individuals and through the activities of nationalist organizations idealism and pragmatism continuously came into unresolved tension.

This ambiguity is not neutral; it amounts to a de facto preference for domesticated pragmatism, and has so been understood by most contemporary readers.

Was it simply economic pragmatism or were there other factors at work?

Their pragmatism and compromises ensured that their concerns could be placed on the policy agenda.

Left to its own devices, ambiguous pragmatism becomes domesticated pragmatism, for nothing is more convincing than what exists.