Complex sentence: From the very beginning, pragmatists have been vague about what "pragmatism" is (a method? a theory of truth? a theory of meaning?), and positions as divergent as direct realism and extreme social constructivism have been characterized as "pragmatist".
Split into simpler sentences: From the very beginning, pragmatists have been vague about what "pragmatism" is (a method? a theory of truth? a theory of meaning?). Positions as divergent as direct realism and extreme social constructivism have been characterized as "pragmatist".