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multilogism

multilogism noun: the inclusion and acceptance of divergent lines of reasoning within a single text, discussion, or approach to a question.

Noun

multilogism (uncountable)

  1. The inclusion and acceptance of divergent lines of reasoning within a single text, discussion, or approach to a question.
    • Extra-cognitive principles of selections, practical considerations, life-motives and a number of other criteria are to be brought forward to justify the retention and selection of one view in preference to others. Thus multilogism inevitably leads to pragmatism, and must, in the end, finish itself...1963, Iqbal - Volume 12, page 32
    • One might speak of networks as characterized by multilogism, both at the macrolevel of their connectivity and in the microlevel interactions of each node in the network. Dialogism is a generic term that has been imposed in translation to label the applications of Mikhail Bakhtin's ideas. These...2014, Andrew Herman, Thomas Swiss, The World Wide Web and Contemporary Cultural Theory, →ISBN

Examples of multilogism in a sentence

  • Thus multilogism inevitably leads to pragmatism, and must, in the end, finish itself in extra-cognitive bases of the forms of apprehension.1963, Iqbal - Volume 12, page 32:
  • One might speak of networks as characterized by multilogism, both at the macrolevel of their connectivity and in the microlevel interactions of each node in the network.2014, Andrew Herman, Thomas Swiss, The World Wide Web and Contemporary Cultural Theory, →ISBN:

Questions about multilogism

What does multilogism mean?
Multilogism means the inclusion and acceptance of divergent lines of reasoning within a single text, discussion, or approach to a question.
How do you use multilogism in a sentence?
Thus multilogism inevitably leads to pragmatism, and must, in the end, finish itself in extra-cognitive bases of the forms of apprehension.
What part of speech is multilogism?
Multilogism is a noun.

Words near multilogism in the dictionary

  1. multilocularity
  2. multiloculate
  3. multiloculated
  4. multilocus
  5. multilog
  6. multilogism
  7. multilogistic
  8. multilogs
  9. multilogue
  10. multilogues
  11. multiloop

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