The principle of pragmatism was 'the principle of Peirce' his friend and colleague of many years.
James made no concerted attempt to show or prove that the principle of pragmatism was correct.
James also admitted that he was not the first to defend 'the principle of pragmatism.' (1907: 29).
There are various policies or initiatives globally based on the principles of studies pragmatism and reasoned analysis.
The aim of Number 10, he said, is to show politicians as human beings, real people who grapple with the 'dilemmas of decision-making, the pain of surrendering principle to pragmatism and the joy of achievement in the face of the pessimists'.
What it was really about was another mix – a tangle of principles and pragmatism, of making spurious virtues out of necessity.
The FN has changed considerably since its foundation, as it has pursued the principles of modernisation and pragmatism, adapting to the changing political climate.
If this sounds at all like the complaint that compels Plato to banish the poets from the Republic, this is indication of just how long we've been trying to balance the aesthetics and idealism that Slavick favors with the principles of representation and pragmatism that enable them to be shared with a wider and, in this case, political audience.
The piece raises important questions about the Californian Ideology and how it influences policy — and about the consequences of sacrificing principles in the name of pragmatism.
