Sentence examples for instrumental conception from inspiring English sources

For example, he says at one point that the "instrumental conception" of technology – as a means to an end – is "correct", and the innocent reader nods in agreement.

Thus Elster's move from methodological individualism to the instrumental conception of rationality is based upon a non sequitur.

So-called "world Bayesian" versions of decision theory, such as Richard Jeffrey's (1983) do not impose an instrumental conception of rationality, since they permit agents to have preferences over their own actions.

By recognizing both modes of integration, one avoids the pessimism associated with theories of modernity whose one-sided, primarily instrumental conception of rationality misses the cultural dimension of modernization.

An exclusively instrumental conception of a right to health not only cannot provide genuine content or yield a practical approach to the exercise of that right, but also enjoys no absolute priority over other conceptions of value.

TG and LR were instrumental in the conception and design of the evaluation and contributed important concepts to the manuscript.

Accum was instrumental in the conception and design of this extremely successful gasworks.

BS and RY were instrumental in the conception and design of this project.

JK was instrumental in the conception and design, collection and assembly of data, logistical support, obtaining of funding, analysis and interpretation of the data, drafting of the article, and critical revision of the article for important intellectual content.

I'm also told that Buttress was instrumental in the conception of Minicabster, having first been pitched the idea by co-founder Brooke Pursey at a barbecue shortly before Anycabs, as it was known then, was founded two years ago.

Just as instrumental to their conception were other issues, particularly discontent with the king's favourite, Piers Gaveston, whom the barons subsequently banished from the realm.