instrumentalism

n. [哲]工具主义

词形变化

instrumentalisms 复数 instrumentalisms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    可数 不可数 哲学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

pragmatism

词源

From instrumental + -ism.

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