Episode 159: Philosophy of science : instrumentalism (and why it is bad)
Released Saturday, 25th May 2024
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Episode 159: Philosophy of science : instrumentalism (and why it is bad)
Episode 159: Philosophy of science : instrumentalism (and why it is bad)
Saturday, 25th May 2024
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In the philosophy of science, instrumentalism is the view that concepts and theories are merely useful instruments whose worth is measured not by whether the concepts and theories are true or false (or correctly depict reality), but by how effective they are in explaining and predicting phenomena.
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