instrumental

  • 51Instrumental action — (also known as goal instrumental action, zweckrational ) is a social action pursued after evaluating its consequences and consideration of the various means to achieve it. They are usually planned and taken after considering costs and… …

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  • 52Instrumental (linguistique) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Instrumental. En linguistique, l’instrumental est un cas exprimant principalement l instrument (actant dit instrument), le moyen par lequel s accomplit l action. En français, la valeur sémantique instrumentale s… …

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  • 53Instrumental errors — Instrumental In stru*men tal, a. [Cf. F. instrumental.] [1913 Webster] 1. Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the business. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 54INSTRUMENTAL (grammaire) — INSTRUMENTAL, grammaire En linguistique, le terme instrumental caractérise la valeur sémantique attribuée à l’un des rapports possibles (traditionnellement, l’expression du moyen) entre le procès et un syntagme nominal, généralement… …

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  • 55instrumental learning — instrumental learning, Psychology. a form of conditioning in which the subject learns to respond by reinforcement of his previous responses; operant conditioning: »In instrumental learning a conditioned stimulus is presented along with an… …

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  • 56instrumental riot — instrumental riot, Sociology. a riot in which groups resort to violence because of discontent over specific issues (contrasted with expressive riot). Instrumental riots include labor, prison, and student riots …

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  • 57Instrumental case — The instrumental case (also called the eighth case ) is a grammatical case used to indicate that a noun is the instrument or means by or with which the subject achieves or accomplishes an action. The noun may be either a physical object or an… …

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  • 58Instrumental variable — In statistics, econometrics, and related disciplines, the method of instrumental variables (IV) is used to estimate causal relationships when controlled experiments are not feasible. Statistically, IV methods allow consistent estimation when the… …

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  • 59Instrumental rationality — Two views of instrumental rationality can be discerned in modern philosophy: one view comes from social philosophy and critical theory, another comes from natural philosophy. The view from critical theory and social philosophyIn social and… …

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  • 60Instrumental (cas) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Instrumental. En linguistique, l’instrumental est un cas grammatical exprimant principalement l instrument (actant dit instrument), le moyen par lequel s accomplit l action. En français, la valeur sémantique… …

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