instrumentalismn.

Brit.

/ˌɪnstrᵿˈmɛntl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˌɪnstrəˈmɛn(t)lˌɪz(ə)m/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: instrumental adj., -ism suffix.

Etymology: < instrumental adj. + -ism suffix. Compare earlier instrumentalist n.

1. Music. Instrumental technique; instrumentation.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > [noun] > orchestration

scoring1786

instrumentation1818

instrumentalism1830

orchestration1838

rescoring1874

symphonization1932

1830 Harmonicon May 158/1 The short divisions with which it is interspersed are, like all Paer's, free from every taint of instrumentalism.

1868 Musical Times Dec. 603/1 The band, specially augmented for the occasion, executed the instrumentalism of these pieces most creditably.

1935 Hot News Apr. 5/3 Whether this was the first real attempt at arranging for a dance band on at all ambitious lines is hard to say, but it is definitely the first that was successful... The instrumentalism was extraordinarily good, furthermore.

1977 Music & Lett. 58 379 There has been a great change from his earlier instrumentalism, which was so characterised by an exuberant, extrovert quality, full of bold rhythmic drive and decisive formal and thematic outlines.

2009 Pop. Music 28 348 This helped him find the kind of alternate individual voice so prized in jazz instrumentalism.

a. Philosophy. The pragmatic theory, developed by John Dewey (1859–1952), which holds that thought, inquiry, and knowledge are primarily instruments for adjusting to the environment. Also: Dewey's philosophy as a whole. Now chiefly historical.Cf. pragmatism n. 4a, and historical note there.According to Dewey's theory, the validity or truth of statements is determined by their effectiveness in resolving situations perceived as problematic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > pragmatism > [noun] > utilitarianism > branches of utilitarianism

Benthamism1829

philosophical radicalism1839

philosophic radicalisma1854

Benthamry1855

instrumentalism1904

ideal utilitarianism1907

1904 J. Dewey in Psychol. Bull. 1 339 A feature which used to be called Voluntarism, which is now termed Pragmatism, and which personally I should..prefer to call Instrumentalism, is characteristic of Mr. Schiller's thought.

1931 A. Wolf in W. Rose Outl. Mod. Knowl. 549 Pragmatism, instrumentalism, and fictionism..treat beliefs as instruments of life, and to be valued accordingly.

1971 Trans. Charles S. Peirce Soc. 7 226 Instrumentalism does not tell us how to find or how to choose between social ends or values.

2012 J. M. Albrecht Reconstructing Individualism 358 Dewey intended instrumentalism to serve humane values.

b. Chiefly Philosophy. Any of various views which regard an activity, method, theory, or discipline chiefly or exclusively as an instrument or tool for some practical purpose; spec. the view that scientific theories or hypotheses are not descriptions of the world which are true or false but (merely) tools for predicting observable phenomena or events.

ΚΠ

1910 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 21 65 All religions, from the naïve instrumental spiritism of the Australian blackfellow to the sophisticated instrumentalism of Christian dogmatics, represent the religious objects as..conservative of whatever values..happen to be posited in that organic equilibrium we call life... Religion..is primarily an instrument in the conservation of values.

1936 J. R. Weinberg Exam. Logical Positivism v. 146 Instrumentalism in the positivistic philosophy is applied solely to scientific laws and to prescriptive rules, such as rules of operation in mathematical disciplines and scientific procedure.

1953 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 4 34 In our own day essentialism has been dethroned; a Berkeleyan or Machian positivism or instrumentalism has..become fashionable.

1985 A. MacIntyre After Virtue (rev. ed.) iii. 24 A whole milieu in which the manipulative mode of moral instrumentalism has triumphed.

1999 Isis 90 854/2 The Institutionalist tradition emphasized instrumentalism—economic research was supposed to generate useful ideas that could solve real problems.

2011 C. McGinn Basic Structures Reality Introd. 5 Instrumentalism and conventionalism have been found appealing with respect to physical theories: for if we cannot really come to know what physical reality is like in itself, are not our theories merely conventionally adopted instruments for predicting what we can know, viz. observations?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	instrumentalism
释义	instrumentalismn. Brit. /ˌɪnstrᵿˈmɛntl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌɪnstrəˈmɛn(t)lˌɪz(ə)m/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: instrumental adj., -ism suffix. Etymology: < instrumental adj. + -ism suffix. Compare earlier instrumentalist n. 1. Music. Instrumental technique; instrumentation. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > [noun] > orchestration scoring1786 instrumentation1818 instrumentalism1830 orchestration1838 rescoring1874 symphonization1932 1830 Harmonicon May 158/1 The short divisions with which it is interspersed are, like all Paer's, free from every taint of instrumentalism. 1868 Musical Times Dec. 603/1 The band, specially augmented for the occasion, executed the instrumentalism of these pieces most creditably. 1935 Hot News Apr. 5/3 Whether this was the first real attempt at arranging for a dance band on at all ambitious lines is hard to say, but it is definitely the first that was successful... The instrumentalism was extraordinarily good, furthermore. 1977 Music & Lett. 58 379 There has been a great change from his earlier instrumentalism, which was so characterised by an exuberant, extrovert quality, full of bold rhythmic drive and decisive formal and thematic outlines. 2009 Pop. Music 28 348 This helped him find the kind of alternate individual voice so prized in jazz instrumentalism. 2. a. Philosophy. The pragmatic theory, developed by John Dewey (1859–1952), which holds that thought, inquiry, and knowledge are primarily instruments for adjusting to the environment. Also: Dewey's philosophy as a whole. Now chiefly historical.Cf. pragmatism n. 4a, and historical note there.According to Dewey's theory, the validity or truth of statements is determined by their effectiveness in resolving situations perceived as problematic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > pragmatism > [noun] > utilitarianism > branches of utilitarianism Benthamism1829 philosophical radicalism1839 philosophic radicalisma1854 Benthamry1855 instrumentalism1904 ideal utilitarianism1907 1904 J. Dewey in Psychol. Bull. 1 339 A feature which used to be called Voluntarism, which is now termed Pragmatism, and which personally I should..prefer to call Instrumentalism, is characteristic of Mr. Schiller's thought. 1931 A. Wolf in W. Rose Outl. Mod. Knowl. 549 Pragmatism, instrumentalism, and fictionism..treat beliefs as instruments of life, and to be valued accordingly. 1971 Trans. Charles S. Peirce Soc. 7 226 Instrumentalism does not tell us how to find or how to choose between social ends or values. 2012 J. M. Albrecht Reconstructing Individualism 358 Dewey intended instrumentalism to serve humane values. b. Chiefly Philosophy. Any of various views which regard an activity, method, theory, or discipline chiefly or exclusively as an instrument or tool for some practical purpose; spec. the view that scientific theories or hypotheses are not descriptions of the world which are true or false but (merely) tools for predicting observable phenomena or events. ΚΠ 1910 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 21 65 All religions, from the naïve instrumental spiritism of the Australian blackfellow to the sophisticated instrumentalism of Christian dogmatics, represent the religious objects as..conservative of whatever values..happen to be posited in that organic equilibrium we call life... Religion..is primarily an instrument in the conservation of values. 1936 J. R. Weinberg Exam. Logical Positivism v. 146 Instrumentalism in the positivistic philosophy is applied solely to scientific laws and to prescriptive rules, such as rules of operation in mathematical disciplines and scientific procedure. 1953 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 4 34 In our own day essentialism has been dethroned; a Berkeleyan or Machian positivism or instrumentalism has..become fashionable. 1985 A. MacIntyre After Virtue (rev. ed.) iii. 24 A whole milieu in which the manipulative mode of moral instrumentalism has triumphed. 1999 Isis 90 854/2 The Institutionalist tradition emphasized instrumentalism—economic research was supposed to generate useful ideas that could solve real problems. 2011 C. McGinn Basic Structures Reality Introd. 5 Instrumentalism and conventionalism have been found appealing with respect to physical theories: for if we cannot really come to know what physical reality is like in itself, are not our theories merely conventionally adopted instruments for predicting what we can know, viz. observations? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830
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