Word Meanings - INSTRUMENTALISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The view that the sanction of truth is its utility, or that truth is genuine only in so far as it is a valuable instrument. -- In`stru*men"tal*ist, n. Instrumentalism views truth as simply the value belonging to certain ideas in so far as these ideas are biological functions of our organisms, and psychological functions whereby we direct our choices and attain our successes. Josiah Royce.

• Belonging
  of Belong
• Directness
  The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.
• Instrumentality
  The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.
• Truthful
  Full of truth; veracious; reliable.
• DIRECTACTION
  See Syndicalism, below.
• Director
  One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent.
• Instrumentally
  By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
• Truthless
  Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless.
• DIRECTCOUPLED
  Coupled without intermediate connections, as an engine and a dynamo. Direct-coupled antenna (Wireless Teleg.), an antenna connected electrically with one point of a closed oscillation circuit in syntony with it and earthed.
• Biological
  Of or relating to biology.
• Directorate
  The office of director; also, a body of directors taken jointly.
• Instrumentalness
  Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality.
• Truth-lover
  One who loves the truth.
• DIRECTNOMINATION
  The nomination or designation of candidates for public office by direct popular vote rather than through the action of a convention or body of elected nominating representatives or delegates. The term is applied both to the nomination of candidates with
• Attaining
  of Attain
• Directorial
  Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive.
• Instrumentary
  Instrumental.

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