INSTRUMENTALISM

Meaning of INSTRUMENTALISM in English

■ noun

1》 a pragmatic philosophical approach which regards an activity (e.g. science, law, or education) chiefly as an instrument for some practical purpose.

2》 Music, rare instrumental technique.

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INSTRUMENTALISM — noun Date: 1909 a doctrine that ideas are instruments of action and that their usefulness determines their truth
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INSTRUMENTALISM — or experimentalism Philosophy advanced by Dewey favored these terms over the term {{link=pragmatism">pragmatism to label the philosophy on which his …
Английский словарь Британика
INSTRUMENTALISM — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈment ə lˌizəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: instrumental (I) + -ism : a conception that the significant factor of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INSTRUMENTALISM — (n.) The view that the sanction of truth is its utility, or that truth is genuine only in so far …
Английский словарь Webster
INSTRUMENTALISM — /in'streuh men"tl iz'euhm/ , n. Philos. the variety of pragmatism developed by John Dewey, maintaining that the truth of an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INSTRUMENTALISM — n. philosophy that the truth of an idea is defined by how successful the idea is in solving problems
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INSTRUMENTALISM — noun Date: 1909 : a doctrine that ideas are instruments of action and that their usefulness determines their truth
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INSTRUMENTALISM — add. ·noun the view that the sanction of truth is its utility, or that truth is genuine only in so …
Webster English vocab
INSTRUMENTALISM — [in.stru.men.tal.ism] n (1909): a doctrine that ideas are instruments of action and that their usefulness determines their truth
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INSTRUMENTALISM — also called experimentalism a philosophy advanced by the American philosopher John Dewey holding that what is most important in a …
Britannica English vocabulary
INSTRUMENTALISM — n. or experimentalism Philosophy advanced by John Dewey holding that what is most important in a thing or idea is …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
INSTRUMENTALISM — A cognitivist ethics . See Experimentalism
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
INSTRUMENTALISM — (философское) инструментализм
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
INSTRUMENTALISM — Инструментализм
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
INSTRUMENTALISM — n филос. инструментализм
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INSTRUMENTALISM — (n) инструментализм
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INSTRUMENTALISM — n филос. инструментализм
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
INSTRUMENTALISM — n филос. инструментализм
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INSTRUMENTALISM — сущ. 1) инструментализм; философское направление (Дж. Дьюи, Дж. Мид), рассматривающее научные законы и понятия в качестве инструментов упорядочения субъективного опыта, …
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
INSTRUMENTALISM — 1) мет. инструментализм (методологический подход, согласно которому, научная теория — это не более чем инструмент прогноза и управления, и, соответственно, …
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INSTRUMENTALISM — (философское) инструментализм
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INSTRUMENTALISM — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ i-z ə m Function: noun Date: 1909 : a doctrine that ideas are instruments of action …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
INSTRUMENTALIST — noun Date: 1823 a player on a musical instrument, an exponent of instrumentalism, ~ adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COPERNICUS, NICOLAUS — Polish Mikołaj Kopernik born Feb. 19, 1473, Toruń, Pol. died May 24, 1543, Frauenburg, East Prussia Polish astronomer. He was …
Английский словарь Британика
INSTRUMENTALIST — I. - ə lə̇st noun ( -s ) Etymology: instrumental (I) + -ist 1. a. : a player of a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INSTRUMENTAL — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|ment ə l adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin instrumentalis, from Latin instrumentum + -alis -al 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INSTRUMENTAL THEORY — noun : instrumentalism
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HUMANISM — ˈ(h)yüməˌnizəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: human (I) + -ism; in some senses probably from French humanisme or German humanismus …
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EXPERIMENTALISM — ikˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈment ə lˌizəm, (ˌ)ek- noun ( -s ) 1. a. : a theory advocating experimental or empirical principles and procedures …
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DEWEYAN — ˈd(y)üēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: John Dewey died 1952 American philosopher and educator + English -an : of or …
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INSTRUMENTALIST — /in'streuh men"tl ist/ , n. 1. a person who plays a musical instrument. 2. an advocate of instrumentalism. adj. 3. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INSTRUMENTALIST — ■ noun 1》 a player of a musical instrument. 2》 an adherent of instrumentalism. ■ adjective of or in terms …
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