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Operationism

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operationalismnoun(sciences) A philosophy that attempts to define all scientific concepts in terms of specified operations or procedures of observation and measurement.
instrumentalisationnoun(philosophy) The treatment of an idea as an instrument that functions as a guide to action.
objectivismnoun(sometimes capitalized) The specific objectivist philosophy created by novelist Ayn Rand, endorsing logical reasoning and self-interest.
applicationismnounA tendency to view situations as problems to be solved by applying a certain theory or technique.
hermeneuticismnoun(philosophy) interpretationism
instrumentalismnoun(philosophy) In the philosophy of science, 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 how effective they are in explaining and predicting phenomena.
ontoepistemologynoun(philosophy) A form of agential realism that is at once an epistemology (theory of knowing), an ontology (theory of being), and an ethics.
relationismnoun(philosophy) The doctrine that relations between things have a real existence.
organicismnoun(philosophy) The treatment of society or the universe as if it were an organism.
occupationalistnounAn occupational therapist.
experimentalismnounAn experimental practice or tendency, especially in the arts
operations researchnoun(operations) The application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.
orismologynoun(rare, lexicography) Technical terms collectively; terminology.
indexicalismnoun(philosophy) A philosophy of indexicality
operational researchnounAlternative form of operations research. [(operations) The application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.]
definitionismnoun(philosophy, metaphilosophy) The school of thought that for a theory to be properly explained it is necessary that all concepts used by the theory be well-defined.
praxeologynounThe study of human action or conduct.
teleologismnoun(philosophy) The idea that whether an action is right or wrong is determined by its consequences.
purposivismnoun(law) Synonym of purposive approach.
ontologynoun(uncountable, philosophy) The branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being qua being.

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