PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Pragmatism

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

This paper develops a unified framework for management research by integrating pragmatism and design science as complementary philosophical and methodological orientations. Its main objective is to address the long-standing rigor–relevance divide in management studies by showing how research can remain scientifically grounded while producing practically useful knowledge for organizations. Methodologically, the paper…

Reference · Wikidata

philosophical tradition

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that views language and thought as tools for prediction, problem solving, and action, rather than describing, representing, or mirroring reality. Pragmatists contend that most philosophical topics—such as the nature of knowledge, language, concepts, meaning, belief, and science—are best viewed in terms of their practical uses and successes.

Book · DOAB

In Moral Hermeneutics and Technology: Making Moral Sense through Human-Technology-World Relations , Olya Kudina explores the role of technology in the way people arrive at their moral intuitions and choices and revise their moral commitments, a phenomenon she calls “moral hermeneutics.” This open access book considers technology as a mediator of human relations and questions the traditional anthropocentric view of m…

Full text · Open Library

This book focuses on what pragmatism tells us about the nature and function of communication. Its goals are to recover a singular voice of pragmatism, and to identify and develop alternative methods and aims for the philosophy of communication. It shows how pragmatism assumes and proposes a philosophy of communication that can lead to a reconceptualization of contemporary communication studies. The authors explore …

Image · DPLA

Issue 35.6 of the Review for Religious, 1976.