In his Theory of Forms ... still be curious about those limits. William James, a philosopher and psychologist who had great influence, advocated for pragmatism in evaluating belief and truth.

Writer Nat Dyer on how David Ricardo's abstract models pushed economics into fantasy — and we all paid the price ...

King James I’s assertion of the right to decide ... This focus on case-specific, fact-intensive analysis fosters a pragmatic, almost anti-intellectual approach in common law reasoning.

Conservative pundits often love deriding the irrational arts path that many on the left head down, priding themselves on more ...

Narinder Singh is the CEO of LookDeep Health, a leader in using VisionAI to help nurses & doctors in hospitals better care for patients. Even before “backpropagation” became a common term ...

"The real question now is whether these pragmatic voices will succeed in making themselves heard and bringing the regime back to its senses, at a time when it holds very few cards in its hands ...

President Trump risks overplaying his hand by seeking to end the longstanding principle that children born in the United States are citizens. Remember when “build the wall” was President Trump ...

There has never been more uncertainty around the global diversity, equity and inclusion agenda. Even before Donald Trump’s victory, data showed a gradual decline in support for DEI and ...

This emphasis allows them to extend a broad umbrella. Rouhani’s agenda of pragmatic developmentalism is shared to varying degrees not just by reformists, but by many powerful conservatives ...