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adequationism

adequationism noun: the definition of truth such that a theory is true if there is a relationship of adequation or equivalence between the facts or state of the world and the details and implications of the theory.

Noun

adequationism (uncountable)

  1. The definition of truth such that a theory is true if there is a relationship of adequation or equivalence between the facts or state of the world and the details and implications of the theory.
    • Given the explication of "ideal coherence" at issue in the principles (P1) and (P2) […] it emerges that adequationism and coherentism are effectively co-ordinated.2012, N. Rescher, Forbidden Knowledge, page 25
    • Adequationism only makes sense in the assumption that matter has a prior isomorphic structure preceding the supposed structure that the forms must also have themselves.2013, Gustavo Bueno, Sciences as Categorical Closures, page 41

Origin of adequationism

From adequation + -ism.

Questions about adequationism

What does adequationism mean?
Adequationism means the definition of truth such that a theory is true if there is a relationship of adequation or equivalence between the facts or state of the world and the details and implications of the theory.
What part of speech is adequationism?
Adequationism is a noun.

Words near adequationism in the dictionary

  1. adequateness
  2. adequatenesses
  3. adequates
  4. adequating
  5. adequation
  6. adequationism
  7. adequations
  8. adequative
  9. adequatively
  10. Ader
  11. Ader receiver

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