pragmatic theory

American  

noun

Philosophy.

1. the theory of truth that the truth of a statement consists in its practical consequences, especially in its agreement with subsequent experience.

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Example Sentences

That’s what you tried to posit, that there is this hybrid pragmatic theory of essentialist constitutional interpretation, something that is right down the middle.

From Slate

There is no obvious reason why Dewey should pass to the pragmatic theory of value through the medium of the practical judgment, since it could be directly considered on its own account.

From Project Gutenberg

General criticism of the pragmatic theory of truth, as is evident to anyone who has followed the controversy, has been principally directed against the more ‘radical’ statements of James and Schiller.

From Project Gutenberg

While he did not in 1898 use the word pragmatism to designate anything except a new method for securing clearness, yet it can be shown that he had been developing another line of thought, since a much earlier date, which did lead quite directly toward the pragmatic theory of truth.

From Project Gutenberg

But as we all know, James did afterward embrace the new pragmatic theory of truth.

From Project Gutenberg