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instrumentalism: see Dewey, John Dewey, John, 1859–1952, American philosopher and educator, b. Burlington, Vt., grad. Univ. of Vermont, 1879, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1884. He taught at the universities of Minnesota (1888–89), Michigan (1884–88, 1889–94), and Chicago ..... Click the link for more information. . instrumentalismor experimentalismPhilosophy advanced by John Dewey holding that what is most important in a thing or idea is its value as an instrument of action and that the truth of an idea lies in its usefulness. Dewey favored these terms over the term pragmatism to label the philosophy on which his views of education rested. His school claimed that cognition has evolved not for speculative or metaphysical purposes but for the practical purpose of successful adjustment. Ideas are conceived as instruments for transforming the uneasiness arising from facing a problem into the satisfaction of solving it. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To a very significant extent, the future of law in China will depend on the outcome of this tension between state instrumentalism and social idealism. The approach of Instrumentalism takes Constructionism further by arguing that a group's conscious construction of its ethnicity is rational and self-interested; that is, it is constructed to further the group's political-economic agenda (Varshney). As an aporia, the gift makes room for an instrumentality that would also make room for competing practices, thereby restricting an ecologically devastating instrumentalism like tech-no-consumerism. |
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