different between pragmatism vs eclectism

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek stem of ?????? (prâgma, “act”) + -ism.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?æ?m?t?z?m/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?a?m?t?z?m/

Noun

pragmatism (countable and uncountable, plural pragmatisms)

1. The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.
2. (politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.
3. (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.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 378:

     Our conception of these practical consequences is for us the whole of our conception of the object [...] This is the principle of Peirce, the principle of pragmatism.

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

Antonyms

• idealism
• contemplation

Related terms

• pragmatic
• pragmatically
• pragmatist

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French pragmatisme

Noun

pragmatism n (uncountable)

1. pragmatism

Declension

English

Noun

eclectism (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of eclecticism

Romanian

Etymology

From French éclectisme

Noun

eclectism n (uncountable)

1. eclecticism

Declension