Baldwin Dictionary Definition of Pragmatic (1) and (2) Pragmatism
- Language:
- English
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- Complete work
- Authorship:
- Written by the author
- Condition of the text:
- Clean text
- Extent:
- ~1,680 words · 8 passages
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- APACharles Peirce. (n.d.). Baldwin Dictionary Definition of Pragmatic (1) and (2) Pragmatism. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/charles-peirce/baldwin-dictionary-definition-of-pragmatic-1-and-2-pragmatism
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- ChicagoCharles Peirce. Baldwin Dictionary Definition of Pragmatic (1) and (2) Pragmatism. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/charles-peirce/baldwin-dictionary-definition-of-pragmatic-1-and-2-pragmatism.
What it is about
The definitions of 'pragmatic' and 'pragmatism' in Baldwin's dictionary.
Context and history
Two encyclopaedia entries (1902) that do far more than their size suggests: Peirce fixes what he meant by the term and distances himself from William James's use of it. Hence his later renaming of his own version as 'pragmaticism', a word ugly enough, he said, to be safe from kidnappers.
Editorial context, not a citable source: unlike the passages of the work itself, these statements cannot be checked against the corpus.
Peirce later called some of his own remarks here "mistaken". See Discussion page. Authors' contributions indicated as in original by initials: 1 paragraph (J.S.) Professor James , Edinburgh University. 3 short paragraphs || (C.S.P.) Dr. C. S. , Milford, Pike Co., Pennsylvania. 1 paragraph || (W.J.) Professor William , Harvard University. 2 long paragraphs || (C.S.P.) Dr. C. S. , Milford, Pike Co., Pennsylvania. 3 paragraphs || (J.M.B.) The Editor. Professor James Mark , Princeton University. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, Volume 2 (Le–Z) Pragmatic (1) and (2) Pragmatism [Gr. πραγματικός, versed in affairs]: Ger. pragmatisch, Pragmatismus; Fr. pragmatique, pragmatisme; Ital. prammatico, prammatismo. (1) This term is applied by Kant to the species of hypothetical imperative which he otherwise denominates counsel of prudence, and characterizes as assertorial, those, namely, which prescribe the means necessary to the attainment of happiness, an end which we may postulate for all sentient beings (Grundlegund z. Met. d. Sitten, ed. Rosenkranz, 42; Eng. trans., Abbott, 34). (J.S.) Pragmatic anthropology, according to Kant, is practical ethics. Pragmatic horizon is the adaptation of our general knowledge to influencing our morals. (2) The opinion that metaphysics is to be largely cleared up by the application of the following maxim for attaining clearness of apprehension: 'Consider what effects, that might conceivably have practical bearings, we conceive the object of our conception have. Then, our conception of these effects is the whole of our conception of the object.' (C.S.P.) The doctrine that the whole meaning of a conception expresses itself in practical consequences, consequences either in the shape of conduct to be recommended, or in that of experiences to be expected, if the conception be true; which consequences would be different if it were untrue, and must be different from the consequences by which the meaning of other conceptions is
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