warrantedness
warrantedness noun: the quality of being warranted.
Noun
warrantedness (uncountable)
- The quality of being warranted.
- He has said “truth is one thing, warranted belief another”, and when talking about rival theories he says we (1992, pp. 94, 100) “can still be even handed about the cachet of warrantedness, if not of truth”.2008 September 6, Ian McDiarmid, “Underdetermination and Meaning Indeterminacy: What is the Difference?”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 3, →DOI
Origin of warrantedness
From warranted + -ness.
Questions about warrantedness
- What does warrantedness mean?
- Warrantedness means the quality of being warranted.
- What part of speech is warrantedness?
- Warrantedness is a noun.
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