instrumentalism

[ in-struh-men-tl-iz-uhm ]

/ ˌɪn strəˈmɛn tlˌɪz əm /

noun Philosophy.

the variety of pragmatism developed by John Dewey, maintaining that the truth of an idea is determined by its success in the active solution of a problem and that the value of ideas is determined by their function in human experience.

Origin of instrumentalism

First recorded in 1905–10; instrumental + -ism

Words nearby instrumentalism

instructor, instructress, instrument, instrumental, instrumental conditioning, instrumentalism, instrumentalist, instrumentality, instrumental learning, instrumentarium, instrumentation

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Example sentences from the Web for instrumentalism

For instrumentalism, however, the alleged dilemma simply does not exist.
Essays in Experimental Logic|John Dewey
Is Instrumentalism only283 philistinism called by a more descriptive name?
Creative Intelligence|John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
Dewey's instrumentalism rests upon a very special psychological interpretation, which puts action first and thought second.
John Dewey's logical theory|Delton Thomas Howard
On the contrary, instrumentalism is the only theory to which deduction is not a mystery.
Essays in Experimental Logic|John Dewey

In the logic of Instrumentalism, truth has been identified with usefulness and the good with the satisfactory.
Creative Intelligence|John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen

British Dictionary definitions for instrumentalism

instrumentalism

/ (ˌɪnstrəˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm) /

noun

a system of pragmatic philosophy holding that ideas are instruments, that they should guide our actions and can change the world, and that their value consists not in their truth but in their success

an antirealist philosophy of science that holds that theories are not true or false but are merely tools for deriving predictions from observational data

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单词	instrumentalism
释义	instrumentalism [ in-struh-men-tl-iz-uhm ] / ˌɪn strəˈmɛn tlˌɪz əm / noun Philosophy. the variety of pragmatism developed by John Dewey, maintaining that the truth of an idea is determined by its success in the active solution of a problem and that the value of ideas is determined by their function in human experience. Origin of instrumentalism First recorded in 1905–10; instrumental + -ism Words nearby instrumentalism instructor, instructress, instrument, instrumental, instrumental conditioning, instrumentalism, instrumentalist, instrumentality, instrumental learning, instrumentarium, instrumentation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for instrumentalism For instrumentalism, however, the alleged dilemma simply does not exist. Essays in Experimental Logic\|John Dewey Is Instrumentalism only283 philistinism called by a more descriptive name? Creative Intelligence\|John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen Dewey's instrumentalism rests upon a very special psychological interpretation, which puts action first and thought second. John Dewey's logical theory\|Delton Thomas Howard On the contrary, instrumentalism is the only theory to which deduction is not a mystery. Essays in Experimental Logic\|John Dewey In the logic of Instrumentalism, truth has been identified with usefulness and the good with the satisfactory. Creative Intelligence\|John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen British Dictionary definitions for instrumentalism instrumentalism / (ˌɪnstrəˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm) / noun a system of pragmatic philosophy holding that ideas are instruments, that they should guide our actions and can change the world, and that their value consists not in their truth but in their success an antirealist philosophy of science that holds that theories are not true or false but are merely tools for deriving predictions from observational data Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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