Instrumentalism (3019 bytes)
1: In the [[philosophy of science]], '''instrumentalism''' is the view that concepts and theories are mer...
3: ...s specially being more or less [[true]]. However, instrumentalism is more of a pragmatic approach to science, infor...
7: '''Political instrumentalism''' is a view first suggested by [[John Dewey]] an...
9: In the [[philosophy of mind]], instrumentalism is the view (championed by [[Daniel Dennett]]), t...
23: [[fi:Instrumentalismi]]

Constructive empiricism (1776 bytes)
5: .... Constructive empiricism, logical positivism and instrumentalism agree that theories do not aim for truth about un...

Legal formalism (1409 bytes)
1: ...view associated with American [[legal realism]]. Instrumentalism is usually the view that creativity in the interp...

Naïve realism (952 bytes)
6: See also [[instrumentalism]] - [[confirmation holism]] - [[scientific materi...

Pierre Duhem (1011 bytes)
3: Duhem adopted an [[Philosophy_of_science#Instrumentalism| instrumentalist]] view of science. He gave his n...

Folk psychology (3182 bytes)
13: [[Daniel Dennett]]'s [[instrumentalism|instrumentalist]] theory is, for some, a middle g...
18: * [[instrumentalism]]

Exclusive right (1236 bytes)
7: ...they can only be consistently justified through [[instrumentalism]] or [[consequentialism]].

List of philosophies (1710 bytes)
30: * [[Instrumentalism]]

Unobservables (1711 bytes)
5: ... naïve or [[scientific realism]] in contrast to [[instrumentalism]] which posits that unobservables like atoms are ...

Legal realism (1747 bytes)
4: * Belief in ''legal instrumentalism'', the view that the law should be used as a tool...

Eliminative materialism (3407 bytes)
18: * [[instrumentalism]]

Scientific realism (4077 bytes)
24: * [[instrumentalism]]

Anti-realism (4143 bytes)
19: ...on in the philosophy of science is often called [[Instrumentalism]], which takes a purely functionalist view of the...

Pragmatism (4136 bytes)
13: ...cation]], referred to his brand of pragmatism as "instrumentalism")

Art Ensemble of Chicago (4715 bytes)
11: ...le for its focus on [[multi-instrumentalist|multi-instrumentalism]] and its use of "little instruments" in addition...

Empiricism (5775 bytes)
52: * [[instrumentalism]]

Philosophy of science (19823 bytes)
20: ===Scientific realism and instrumentalism===
24: ...w that theories are consistent with observations. Instrumentalism is derived in part from [[John Dewey]]'s [[pragma...
28: ...al constructivism is in one sense an extension of instrumentalism that incorporates the social aspects of science. ...

David Hume (25226 bytes)
44: ===Practical Reason: [[Instrumentalism]] and [[Nihilism]]===
46: ...bout the behavior. His work begat the doctrine of instrumentalism, which states that an action is reasonable if and...
48: Instrumentalism went on to become the orthodox view of practical ...

W. V. Quine (11602 bytes)
42: ...'s work has helped drive the wide acceptance of [[instrumentalism]] in the [[philosophy of science]].

The relationship between religion and science (15902 bytes)
46: ...has shifted away from [[scientific realism]] to [[instrumentalism]] and [[confirmation holism]]. While the views of...

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