what is pragmatism and behavourism?

Question

i need a description of each of them

Answer 1

Pragmatism is a philosophical therory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatism


Behavourism is a psycholoical therory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviorism

Answer 2

Pragmatism is a practical approach that seeks to avoid dead ends by evaluating things on the evidence of their outcome. It is most associated with William James who produced a pragmatic defence of religion: if people behave as though life were cohesive and purposeful, they help to make it so.

Behaviourism is the denial of mental states or essences, ethics, and anything observed by introspection.

Answer 3

prag·ma·tism

prag·ma·tism [prágmə tìzzəm]
n
1. way of thinking about results: a straightforward practical way of thinking about things or dealing with problems, concerned with results rather than with theories and principles
2. philosophy way of evaluating theories: a philosophical view that a theory or concept should be evaluated in terms of how it works and its consequences as the standard for action and thought. See also instrumentalism



-prag·ma·tist, n
-prag·ma·tis·tic [pràgmə tístik], adj

be·hav·ior·ism

be·hav·ior·ism [bi háyvyərìzzəm]
n
1. psychology nonanalytical psychology: an approach to the study of psychology that concentrates exclusively on observing, measuring, and modifying behavior See also introspective psychology
2. philosophy materialist philosophical theory: the theory that statements about the mind and mental states are really about actual or potential behavior



-be·hav·ior·ist, adj n
-be·hav·ior·is·tic [bi hàyvjə rístik], adj