conventionalism

conventionalism

conventionalism (usually uncountable; plural conventionalisms)

1. (uncountable) Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior
2. (countable, obsolete) A conventional act or constraint
   • 1864 March 15, Frederick Denison Maurice, “To ____”, in The Life Of Frederick Denison Maurice^[1], volume 2, ISBN 1428661921, page 478:

     Having said this, you will not, I trust, suspect me of disliking you for throwing off conventionalisms and speaking to me as a man to a man.

3. (uncountable, philosophy) The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions
   • 2007,, Andrew D. Cling, “The epistemic regress problem”, Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 3, DOI:10.1007/s11098-007-9152-6:?

     Skepticism arrives at conventionalism by way of the claims that the conditions on evidential support cannot be satisfied […] but that we must have beliefs in order to carry on.

convenzionalismo

Altri significati:

(uncountable, philosophy) The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions

(uncountable) Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior

(countable, obsolete) A conventional act or constraint

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