Measuring Instruments
Instrumental rationality can also refer to physical instruments and the processes of measurement and control. An ammeter, for example, combines the physical phenomena of electromagnetism with the geometric rationality of trigonometry. In this tradition, "instrumental rationality" is often simply called "instrumentation".
This use of the term originates with natural philosophy but has applications to scientific cybernetics and data acquisition.
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