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metatheoretically

metatheoretically adverb: in a metatheoretical manner or context.

Adverb

metatheoretically (not comparable)

  1. In a metatheoretical manner or context.
    • The Stalnaker-Lewis approach is far from being uncontroversial or devoid of problems, but it does allow one to avoid the circularity of having to establish what information is metatheoretically or contextually relevant to the agents in order to evaluate some further relevant information.2007 November 27, Luciano Floridi, “Understanding Epistemic Relevance”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 1, →DOI, pages 69–92

Origin of metatheoretically

From metatheoretical + -ly.

Questions about metatheoretically

What does metatheoretically mean?
Metatheoretically means in a metatheoretical manner or context.
What part of speech is metatheoretically?
Metatheoretically is an adverb.

Words near metatheoretically in the dictionary

  1. metatheology
  2. metatheorem
  3. metatheorems
  4. metatheoretic
  5. metatheoretical
  6. metatheoretically
  7. metatheories
  8. metatheorize
  9. metatheorized
  10. metatheorizes
  11. metatheorizing

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