- In
linguistics and
related fields,
pragmatics is the
study of how
context contributes to meaning. The
field of
study evaluates how
human language is utilized...
- "
Pragmaticism" is a term used by
Charles Sanders Peirce for his
pragmatic philosophy starting in 1905, in
order to
distance himself and it from pragmatism...
- The
Pragmatic Programmer: From
Journeyman to
Master is a book
about computer programming and
software engineering,
written by
Andrew Hunt and
David Thomas...
- A
pragmatic sanction is a sovereign's
solemn decree on a
matter of
primary importance and has the
force of
fundamental law. In the late
history of the...
-
Universal pragmatics (UP), more recently[when?]
placed under the
heading of
formal pragmatics, is the
philosophical study of the
necessary conditions...
- pragmatism,
pragmatic, pragmatist, or
practical in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Pragmatism is a
philosophical movement.
Pragmatism or
pragmatic may also...
- Peirce,
William James, and John Dewey. In 1878,
Peirce described it in his
pragmatic maxim: "Consider the
practical effects of the
objects of your conception...
- The
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges,
issued by King
Charles VII of France, on 7 July 1438,
required a
General Church Council, with
authority superior to...
- The
pragmatic theory of
information is
derived from
Charles Sanders Peirce's
general theory of
signs and inquiry.
Peirce explored a
number of
ideas about...
- A
pragmatic theory of
truth is a
theory of
truth within the
philosophies of
pragmatism and
pragmaticism.
Pragmatic theories of
truth were
first posited...
