Pragmatic Perspective

In the terms a pragmatic perspective communication is not a patterned interaction. Pragmatists argue that any model of reality, be it scientific, historic, or philosophical, is unverifiable in an absolute sense. The pragmatic perspective claims that objects in the world has no essence or a nature, and can be usefully described in many ways. This is not to say that people cannot be wrong in their assertions or descriptions. But, the pragmatic perspective denies that it is useful to talk about being "right" in an absolute sense. Communication can be related to a game in the sense that one can debate as a game. From a pragmatic perspective debating is a social competition of conditions stated to guide a belief. For pragmatists, it is enough for a description to be coherent and useful. If it satisfies these criteria, it may then also be called true. Nevertheless, communication differs from a game in the sense that a winner can never own the truth or an outcome. As new information comes into the sphere of truth, it may change. Therefore, no outcome is certain and concrete. Whereas, a game, you are striving towards an outcome pre-determined. Truth is simply that which is found to be useful to believe in a given occasion.