pragmatism

(n) Not being completely retarded.

Conor: Russia are awesome! They should win Euro 2008! (beams with hopeful excitement)
Richard: Nah, Germany will win it (drones with hopeless resignation)
Conor: DAMN YOUR PRAGMATISM! (pops a cap in Richad's ass)

by ConorJP June 24, 2008

pragmetacism

A paradigm by which time moves forward.

Pragmetacism envisions the structure of time as a limina, a point at the center of the radian.

The radial lines are grammetrical; meaning they are discrete-in-themselves.

They are also uncountable.

This uncountability has the effect of "crushing" the centerpoint (or limina) and moves time forward inexorably.

Pragmetacism says the uncountable, radial lines of technoformalism turn the radian of pan-grammetry into a cone.

Another term for pragmetacism is pan-grammatecism.

by metawave December 4, 2019

Pragmatism of Fallacies

The strategic, conscious use of known logical fallacies because they are effective in achieving a desired real-world outcome (persuasion, mobilization, simplification) within a specific audience or context, even while acknowledging they are formally invalid. It treats fallacies as tools in a rhetorical toolkit, to be used when the goal is influence, not truth-preserving debate. It's rhetoric over logic, impact over integrity.

Pragmatism of Fallacies Example: A political campaign using the Bandwagon Fallacy ("Everyone is voting for Candidate A, join the winning team!") is employing the Pragmatism of Fallacies. They know it's not a logical argument about the candidate's merits, but they also know it works on human psychology to drive turnout and create momentum, so they use it as a calculated tool.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 3, 2026

Logical Pragmatism

A philosophical approach that judges the validity of ideas, arguments, and beliefs primarily by their practical consequences and usefulness in navigating the world, rather than by their abstract, formal logical purity or their correspondence to an absolute "truth." If a belief leads to successful prediction, effective action, or psychological well-being, it holds pragmatic value, even if it contains logical imperfections or is unprovable in a closed system.

Example: Believing in free will, despite philosophical debates about determinism, is Logical Pragmatism. The belief has immense practical consequences—it underpins our systems of law, morality, and personal motivation. Even if it's logically fuzzy, it's useful and thus, for a pragmatist, holds a form of validity that a perfectly logical but paralyzing belief in absolute determinism does not.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 3, 2026