what do u mean by pragmatism?

Answer 1

Pragmatism refers to most feasible and least harmful approach to doing things.

Answer 2

Though many people use the word 'pragmatic' in a variety of ways, pragmatism in philosophy refers to a specific set of values.

The highest ideal of pragmatism is producing real, effective results. Pragmatism has a very empirical bent - they don't want results in the form of a potential or a concept or 'appropriateness'... just what they can see and touch and roll around in. Everything else is more or less unimportant to a pragmatist.

For example, a pragmatist doesn't much care if something is RIGHT, as long as it WORKS. A total pragmatist would even adopt ideas and ethics that are completely out of line with reality if it produced better outcomes. The mere fact that something works is enough to make it true... there mere fact that something doesn't work is enough to make it untrue.

It might be easier to picture by comparison. A scientist designing a car for a race will probably look at the problem scientifically, and study air-flow, fuel consuption ratios, or whatever. A traditionalist working on a car will do it dogmatically, making things the way they have always been made and not thinking outside of the box. A pragmatist, however, wants to win, and will do whatever it takes to do so even if it's against the rules of the race... as long as it doesn't get him disqualified (he'll probably steal parts from the scientists while he's at it).

Because pragmatism is solely concerned with what works instead of what it right, it sometimes is looked on unfavourably. Because it deals with cold, hard, reality instead of ideals, possibility, and what just isn't quite so, it is sometimes looked on favourably. So it goes.

Answer 3

Practical.

Answer 4

A practical approach to problems.
To look for a balance.

Answer 5

Its someone who is practical. Whenever someone poses a problem, they start thinking about how to solve it with what they have available, not about what "should" be.
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Answer 6

The value of something is determined by practical results.

Here is dictionary.com's definition:

Answer 7

' Oh the cow died poor cow . Steak anyone?'