An even shorter-lived black sand beach was Kamoamoa. Unlike with white and green sand beaches, walking barefoot on black sand can result in burns, as the black sand absorbs a greater fraction of the solar radiation falling upon it. Black sand beaches Edit
Noun. 1. instrumentalism-a system of pragmatic philosophy that considers idea to be instruments that should guide our actions and their value is measured by their success. pragmatism - (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.
John Dewey on Pragmatism: In a philosophy he called Instrumentalism, John Dewey attempted to combine both Perices and James philosophies of Pragmatism. It was thus both about logical concepts as well as ethical analysis. Instrumentalism describes Deweys ideas the conditions under which reasoning and inquiry occurs.