On the Philosophy of Instrumentalism

(The concept originated in 1906)

Pragmatism --> Instrumentalism --> Applicationism

Under pragmatism, there is a general theory that there is usefulness.

Instrumentalism sees specific disciplines of science as pragmatic.

Under the applicationist paradigm, first, categories of usefulness are useful as categories, and the material function returns a new pragmatic value. Secondly, specific objects embody paradigms by exhibiting principles and other properties, and maximizing a principle becomes a means to find 'practical objects'. Third, the properties and principles of objects serve a logical function in which the material and abstract properties are interchangeable, and in this way the material properties of specific objects become pragmatic identities through the analogy between valuable functions and general usefulness. Fourthly, objects which share in the abstract properties show a characteristic unification (ala Hegel or Leibniz).

In Science what is the opposite of Instrumentalism?

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