definition
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.
This instrumentalism is kept in check by our already established principles of responsibility.
Is ` instrumentalism ' the only other possible view of the status of our commonsense conception of the mental?
This book is an attempt to break the stifling consensus about arts policy today, and challenge the increasing instrumentalism of policy-makers.
Legal rules are then instrumental to the achievement of the posited goal; call this approach rule instrumentalism.