*Philosophical tradition that interprets truth in terms of the practical effects of what is believed and, in particular, the usefulness of these effects.
The philosophy that the truth of an idea is dependent on its workability; ideas or principles is true so far as they work. A practical, matter-of-fact way of approaching or assessing situations or of solving problems. Using, experimenting, and/or acting on a given idea in certain circumstances; whatever these results are, these are to be considered the whole of what one knows of that idea
Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) He is the founder of Pragmatism He formulated a method of looking at reality; discerning what is true and what is false. What he needed was a theory of MEANING.
William James (1842-1910), He further advanced Peirce’s Theory of Truth The world came to know pragmatism in a systematic way because of him.
Dewey one of the primary