| 释义 |
reˈlationist, n. (and a.)
[-ist.]
One who maintains a theory based on a relation between ideas. Also, one who holds that events are connected in a relative way. Also attrib. or as adj.
1835J. Young Lect. Intell. Philos. xxviii. 281 Dr. Brown says, there must be a feeling of relation in these general ideas,..and says, that were he to take a particular name to himself, he would call himself a Relationist. 1885W. James in Mind X. 31 And may not the ‘relationists’ be right after all? 1923C. D. Broad Sci. Thought iii. 89 The former alternative is taken by the Relationist... Time just consists of the relations of before and after among events. 1974L. Sklar Space, Time, & Spacetime iii. 167 According to the relationist, the postulation of space, time, or spacetime as entities..is simply a confusion. Ibid., The prerelativistic and relativistic versions of the relationist position. 1975Nature 6 Feb. 485/3 Wishing to retain a pure relationist stance, he proposes that the statement ‘is absolutely accelerated’ is not a relational term, giving it instead the status of a complete assertion. |