Dewey's instrumentalism means that
A) the instruments science uses are necessary to get the results it aims at.
B) ideas are tools in the service of practical ends.
C) actions are means to ends.
D) we may use other people as instruments to gain the satisfaction of our own desires only with their consent.

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Dewey's instrumentalism posits that ideas and thoughts should be viewed as tools or instruments for solving practical problems and achieving desired outcomes, rather than as ends in themselves.

Dewey's Instrumentalism Means That