The True Definition Of Pragmaticism

[Razard86]

Leo wrote a blog post about Pragmatism. It's good and hilarious how he berates all academia for pragmatism. You can read it here. https://www.actualized.org/insights/the-trap-of-pragmatism

Now to me this definition of pragmatism is NOT true pragmatism. From early on in my life I wanted to figure out how to see life CLEARLY! I believed it was important because otherwise I would just be making stupid decision after stupid decision and be completely deluded. I also believed that by finding out that answer I could figure out why I was here in the first place.

I wanted a world view that could summarize life in its totality. So you see? Because my definition of pragmatism was, whatever can summarize or explain the totality of life, that is pragmatic. The issue isn't pragmatism, the issue is the scope!! People only apply it to survival. If they looked beyond survival to researching for the totality of existence itself then they could find truth. If you have a strong desire to find out why anything exists at all, and how is it all interconnected then you have TRUE pragmatism!!

How you can understand anything if you don't have the big picture? This is why I am surprised why some of the leaders we have in the world never realized this. It's funny, every child has this question. They are like what is that, why is that there? And they will keep asking why?  Then the adults basically kill this line of questioning with "Be quiet and eat your food!" Schools never tackle this deeply enough and make claims...well we could never figure this out....

It's funny because Spirituality is Pragmatism, because it challenges you to look at the totality of everything. What is more pragmatic than that? It's no different than telling someone to appreciate life. So the problem isn't pragmatism, it's how it is currently defined.

Edited May 6, 2023 by Razard86