| Pragmatism (2322 words) |
 | Pragmatism objects to the view that human concepts and intellect alone accurately represent reality, and therefore stands in opposition to both formalist and rationalist schools of philosophy. |
| The name denotes a concern for the practical, taking human action and its consequences as the basic measure of truth, value, etc. This translates to experimentation not merely as a method of scientific investigation but as the primary way humans engage each other and the world around them. |
| It was at Leipzig that he became strongly interested in Darwinism, and his later development of pragmatism was to have a biological flavor. |
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