Meaning of definitionism | Babel Free
Definitions
The school of thought that for a theory to be properly explained it is necessary that all concepts used by the theory be well-defined.
Examples
“1992, William R. LaFleur, Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan, Princeton University Press⟳, page 15, Quoted in 2015, Adam C. Pelser, Robert C. Roberts, 18: Religious value and moral psychology, Tobias Brosch, David Sander (editors), Handbook of Value, Oxford University Press⟳, page 388, Instead of logic chopping and the unconnected neat boxes produced by definitionism, ritual provides activities that fuse a wide variety of things that seem otherwise unrelated.”
“Some philosophers have⟳ not given up on definitionism.”
“Perhaps definitionism does not work⟳ for all complex concepts.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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