Pragmatism as a Philosophy of the Science: Correct or Flawed? Letter to the editor

The pragmatism in various studies is considered as the philosophy of science and a philosophical movement. The present study was conducted with the aim of answering the question whether the introduction of pragmatism as a philosophy of science is correct or has problems.

In this letter to the editor, first, the studies published in the reliable databases PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL and Google scholar search engine using the keywords Pragmatism, Doctrine/Philosophical Movement, Philosophy, perspective, Worldview until 2023 and also the English equivalents of these keywords in internal databases including Irandoc, Magiran and SID were examined until 1402 without time limit. Finally, the studies were descriptively combined with each other.

According to the definition of philosophy based on the systematic study of general and fundamental questions, such as issues related to existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind and language. Conclusions from the studies and claims of pragmatists show that the answers to these questions are probably not compatible with the spirit of pragmatism.

Due to the fact that pragmatism has not given a clear and definite answer to the basic philosophical questions. On the other hand, the words used have little compatibility with the reality of pragmatism, so there is a need for more studies to answer this question.