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combinatorialism

combinatorialism noun: a theory of reality based on all the possible combinations of simple objects.

Noun

combinatorialism (uncountable)

  1. A theory of reality based on all the possible combinations of simple objects
    • Yet, many philosophers find combinatorialism attractive because of its ontological parsimony and because it harmonizes with actualism and naturalism.2007 September 20, Luca Moretti, “Brogaard and Salerno on antirealism and the conditional fallacy”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 2, →DOI

Origin of combinatorialism

From combinatorial + -ism.

Questions about combinatorialism

What does combinatorialism mean?
Combinatorialism means a theory of reality based on all the possible combinations of simple objects.
What part of speech is combinatorialism?
Combinatorialism is a noun.

Words near combinatorialism in the dictionary

  1. combinatorial commutative algebra
  2. combinatorial geometries
  3. combinatorial geometry
  4. combinatorial method
  5. combinatorial topology
  6. combinatorialism
  7. combinatorialist
  8. combinatorialists
  9. combinatorialities
  10. combinatoriality
  11. combinatorialize

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