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Materialism vs. Pragmatism — What's the Difference?

Materialism vs. Pragmatism — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Materialism and Pragmatism

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Materialism

Materialism is a form of philosophical monism that holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all things, including mental states and consciousness, are results of material interactions. According to philosophical materialism, mind and consciousness are by-products or epiphenomena of material processes (such as the biochemistry of the human brain and nervous system), without which they cannot exist.

Pragmatism

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that considers words and thought as tools and instruments for prediction, problem solving, and action, and rejects the idea that the function of thought is to describe, represent, or mirror reality. Pragmatists contend that most philosophical topics—such as the nature of knowledge, language, concepts, meaning, belief, and science—are all best viewed in terms of their practical uses and successes.

Materialism

(Philosophy) The doctrine that physical matter is the only reality and that everything, including thought, feeling, mind, and will, can be explained in terms of matter and physical phenomena.

Pragmatism

A pragmatic attitude or policy
Ideology had been tempered with pragmatism

Materialism

The theory or attitude that physical well-being and worldly possessions constitute the greatest good and highest value in life.
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Pragmatism

An approach that evaluates theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application.

Materialism

Concern for possessions or material wealth and physical comfort, especially to the exclusion of spiritual or intellectual pursuits.

Pragmatism

(Philosophy) A movement consisting of varying but associated theories, originally developed by Charles S. Peirce and William James and distinguished by the doctrine that the meaning or truth value of an idea or a proposition lies in its observable practical consequences.

Materialism

Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.

Pragmatism

A practical, matter-of-fact way of approaching or assessing situations or of solving problems.

Materialism

(philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.

Pragmatism

The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.

Materialism

Material substances in the aggregate; matter.

Pragmatism

(politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.

Materialism

The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets; called also philosophical materialism.
The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus.

Pragmatism

(philosophy) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences.

Materialism

The tendency to give undue importance to material interests as contrasted with spiritual concerns; devotion to the material nature and its wants.

Pragmatism

The habit of interfering in other people's affairs; meddlesomeness.

Materialism

Material substances in the aggregate; matter.

Pragmatism

The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method.
The narration of this apparently trifling circumstance belongs to the pragmatism of the history.

Materialism

A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters

Pragmatism

(philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

Materialism

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality

Pragmatism

The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

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