Conventionalism

Definitions

1. Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior.
   uncountable, usually
2. A conventional act or constraint.
   countable, obsolete, usually
3. The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Having said this, you will not, I trust⟳, suspect⟳ me of disliking you for throwing off conventionalisms and speaking to me as a man to a man.”

“Skepticism arrives at conventionalism by way of the claims that the conditions on evidential support⟳ cannot be satisfied […] but that we must have⟳ beliefs in order⟳ to carry⟳ on.”

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