This school, which was described as "a new name for some old ways of thinking," was advocated by John Dewey and C. S. Peirce.
One member of this school discredited tenacity, authority, and a priori truth in favor of science and defined three stages of apprehension in his works "The Fixation of Belief" and "How to Make Our Ideas Clear." This school of thought greatly influenced the writer of Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, Richard Rorty. This school, which was described as "a new name for some old ways of thinking," was advocated by John Dewey and C. S. Peirce. For 10 points, name this school of philosophy popularized by William James, which emphasized practical reasoning.
One member of this school discredited tenacity, authority, and a priori truth in favor of science and defined three stages of apprehension in his works "The Fixation of Belief" and "How to Make Our Ideas Clear.
pragmatism [accept word forms]