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.
Functionalism says that mental states are constituted by their causal relations to one another and to sensory inputs and behavioral outputs. Functionalism is one of the major theoretical developments of Twentieth Century analytic philosophy, and provides the conceptual underpinnings of much work in cognitive science.