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How to understand that pragmatism is the spirit of American philosophy? Try to be academic, thank you.

Pragmatism originated in America, and its activity center is also in America. It is regarded as a theoretical symbol of American national spirit and lifestyle. It can best reflect the development of American capitalism and the characteristics of American social life. American capitalism developed smoothly and was not hindered by powerful feudal forces. Individualistic values characterized by self-planning, self-choice and struggle have gained wide popularity here. In principle, everyone can take actions according to their own beliefs to achieve the expected results. The new culture formed by the fusion of various cultural traditions is a denial of these cultural traditions themselves. Any tradition has lost its significance as a criterion of judgment. Its effectiveness and ineffectiveness, and the success and failure of the main activities are beyond any cultural tradition or ideological principle, and are regarded as the norms of people's thoughts and actions. Pragmatism came into being, and its inclusive principle made it open to all other philosophies. Most Americans with a deep tradition of consulting also believe in religion, but they make religion meet the requirements of obtaining benefits and success. Such a religion is also in line with pragmatism. The popularity of pragmatism based on biological evolution in the United States is also closely related to the development of modern natural science since the second half of the 9th century.