instrumentalism noun. [ɪnstrʊ'mɛnt(ǝ)lɪz(ǝ)m] E20.
[from INSTRUMENTAL + -ISM.]
The pragmatic philosophy of the American philosopher John Dewey (1859-1952), holding that thought is an instrument designed to solve practical problems over a wide range and that truth is not final and static but changes as these problems change.

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