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instrumentalism

/in-struh-men-tl-iz-uhm/US // ˌɪn strəˈmɛn tlˌɪz əm //UK // (ˌɪnstrəˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm) //

工具主义,工具论,手段主义

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.

Examples

  • In the logical version of pragmatism termed instrumentalism, action or practice does indeed play a fundamental rle.

  • Is Instrumentalism only283 philistinism called by a more descriptive name?

  • This explains why this conception was labeled instrumentalism or pragmatics of verification.

  • For instrumentalism, however, the alleged dilemma simply does not exist.

  • On the contrary, instrumentalism is the only theory to which deduction is not a mystery.