instrumentalism
English
noun
Definitions
- (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.
Etymology
Suffix from English instrumental.
Origin
English
instrumental
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- instrumental English
- instrumentalisation English
- instrumentalist English
- instrumentality English
- instrumentalize English
- instrumentally English
- instrumentalness English
- noninstrumental English
- uninstrumental English
- インストゥルメンタル Japanese
- instrumental Middle English