[MD] What Pragmatism Is

[ian glendinning]

Nice one Matt,
Your parenthetical point about "nothing and everything" is illustrated
by your closing remark (and my reaction to it)

You said
But pragmatism isn't about being practical, it is about knowing why we
do things.  It is about asking, "Okay, it works.  But for whom?"

I would say, but that's my definition of practical - practical
reasoning - reasoning with a practical purpose a "cash" value in real
life, optimising that reason and value, and taking a "holiday" from
balancing angels on the head of a pin.

Ian