The Basic Spirit of Pragmatism and Pragmatic Rationalism in Chinese Trad itional Culture
Pragmatism which is the first native philosophy of USA fully reflects the American national spirit of being re alistic,emphasizing practical results and f orging ahead.Similarly,the pragmatic rationalism of Chinese traditional culture al-so has the feature of emphasizing rea listic function.Starting form disc ussing the social and historical con ditions and the theoretical source of pragmatis m,the paper expounds the basic spirit of pragmatism.Furthermore the relation between the basic spirit of pragmatism and the pragmatic rationalism of Chinese traditional culture is discu ssed.