Significance of Philosophy of Pragmatism for the Transformation of Social Reality of Modernity

Abstract

The article raises a problem of topicality of the question concerning designing a social reality and points out that the articulation of dominating ideas, their codification and progressive transformation into a necessary part of the cultural context happens within the framework of philosophical discourse. In particular, there is an analysis of transformations of the social reality, connected with the fact that philosophy of pragmatism became one of the main discourses of the meaning-making. The article assesses the role of creators and main supporters of pragmatism, their contribution to the conceptual transformation of philosophy of 20th century.It has been emphasized that in pragmatism: 1) an image of reality, the base of which is social practices, is being formed and substantiated; 2) the importance of linguistic dimension and impossibility to go beyond language borders has been increased; 3) de-transcendent image of reality, which was created during communicative practices of social actors, is being formed. It has been also emphasized that stated novelties fundamentally affect the features of the social reality of Modernity. These changes are of an ontological nature, they transform fundamental characteristics (attributes) of reality and also radically transform the ideological, axiological and praxeological dominants of the age of Modernity.