Definitions from Wiktionary (instrumentalism)
▸ noun: (philosophy) In the philosophy of science, the view that concepts and theories are merely useful instruments whose worth is measured not by whether the concepts and theories are true or false (or correctly depict reality), but how effective they are in explaining and predicting phenomena.
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▸ noun: (philosophy) In the philosophy of science, the view that concepts and theories are merely useful instruments whose worth is measured not by whether the concepts and theories are true or false (or correctly depict reality), but how effective they are in explaining and predicting phenomena.
Similar:
instrumentalisation,
utilitarianism,
explanationism,
operationalism,
operationism,
physicalism,
philosophy of science,
scientism,
definitionism,
scientific materialism,
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Opposite:
Adjectives:
pragmatic,
legal,
such,
economic,
rational,
pure,
political,
methodological,
scientific,
narrow,
crude
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