For 10 points, name this philosophy of John Dewey, Charles Sanders Peirce and William James.
One proponent of this philosophical tradition wrote that truth only expresses endorsement of beliefs. Inquiry is the process of changing an indeterminate situation into a determinate one according to another proponent of this philosophy, who also wrote that experience is shaped by habits of expectation. This philosophy's namesake maxim holds that our conception of something is solely made of its practical effects. Another writer associated with this philosophy argued that it does not make a practical difference whether a man is actually going around a squirrel when chasing it around a tree. For 10 points, name this philosophy of John Dewey, Charles Sanders Peirce and William James.
One proponent of this philosophical tradition wrote that truth only expresses endorsement of beliefs.
pragmatism [or pragmaticism; accept word forms]