道どう具ぐ主しゅ義ぎ

noun

instrumentalism

A philosophical doctrine that theories are instruments for prediction and problem-solving, not literal descriptions of reality. Used in academic contexts.

• 道どう具ぐ主しゅ義ぎは、科か学がく理り論ろんを実じつ用よう的てきな道どう具ぐと見みなす立たち場ばだ。

  Instrumentalism is a position that regards scientific theories as practical tools.

• 彼かれの研けん究きゅうは、教きょう育いくにおける道どう具ぐ主しゅ義ぎの影えい響きょうを分ぶん析せきしている。

  His research analyzes the influence of instrumentalism in education.