Abstract

The present text, rather than taking as its object the bibliography and/or biography of Vasco de Magalhães-Vilhena or presenting succinctly a theme or themes that captivated him, intends instead to use one or another episodic reference of his texts. In this case, it intends to use the references that refer, as the title announces, to the Marxist critique of Pragmatism. Criticism that the honoree will not have developed, however, he pointed out. Maurice Cornforth is the author for whom Magalhães-Vilhena refers the essentials of criticism to Pragmatism. To this end, it starts from the well-known maxim of Pragmatism accompanying some of its repercussions based on the reflection of this British author.