0 someone who deals with problems in a sensible way that suits the conditions that really exist, rather than following fixed theories, ideas, or rules:
She rose to power by being a political pragmatist who took advantage of every opportunity.
Americans have a reputation for being political pragmatists, not ideologues.
He identifies with the pragmatists of the suburbs rather than the detached, latte-sipping cosmopolitans.
Indeed, this is true of all epistemological accounts, whether they be pragmatist or not.
Much of twentieth-century philosophy, even if not overtly pragmatist, concedes this insight of pragmatism.
I then consider current debates among curators and distinguish between two main exhibition strategies, one pragmatist, the other purist.
The rhetoric of anti-iconoclasm and anti-utopianism, deployed by the domesticated pragmatist, wraps itself in the disguise of humanistic scruple and skepticism.
They maintain that the work of these pragmatists constitutes an original and effective method for understanding and resolving bioethical dilemmas.
