instrumentalist

C45718
concept

An instrumentalist is someone who views theories, beliefs, or practices primarily as practical tools for predicting and controlling outcomes rather than as literal descriptions of reality.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
instrumentalist canonical 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: instrumentalist
Generated description
An instrumentalist is someone who views theories, beliefs, or practices primarily as practical tools for predicting and controlling outcomes rather than as literal descriptions of reality.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Simon Attwell
Janne Bengtson