作为战后日本“实用主义”的代表学者之一，鹤见俊辅的“实用主义”研究并未只关注译介自美国的哲学学说，而是着重关注实用主义在日本的发展历程与演化特征。在日本语境中，“实用主义”还可以指对相关哲学或方法有别于美国的日本式理解和应用，可以指日本自身在译介美国哲学之前就体现出来的相关思想脉络，可以指超越美国、日本的一种共通的方法、理念乃至理想。鹤见批评实用主义的教条化和意识形态化，提倡生活中从自身做起的实践运动，其研究、评论与实践体现出“通过我们对日常现实的影响这一路径，打开思想体系之间的对话通道”这一意义上的“实用主义”方法。鹤见的思考与丸山真男的相关思考既有差异又有共鸣。
Tsurumi Shunsuke’s analyses on “pragmatism” paid attention to not only introduction to the American philosophical theories，but also studies on “pragmatism” in Japan. Besides its original meanings，in Japan，“pragmatism” could also mean “Japanese way of understanding and application of pragmatism”，or “thoughts that could be considered as pragmatism even before the American philosophy”，or “a methodology，an idea or an ideal which is beyond the border of the US or Japan”. Tsurumi argued that pragmatism should refrain from degenerating into dogma or ideology，and that pragmatism should be put into practice within everyday life. According to his analyses，critiques and practices，Tsurumi’s “pragmatism” suggested a methodology of “trying to open a channel for dialogue among thought systems by affecting the daily reality in our lives”. He and Maruyama Masao showed diversity as well as sympathy with the point of view on “pragmatism”.
