单词 | observation sentence |
释义 | > as lemmasobservation sentence observation sentence n. [after German Beobachtungssatz (M. Schlick 1934, in Erkenntnis 4 90)] Philosophy (in a scientific theory) a sentence that directly reports or relates to observed phenomena. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [noun] > observationalism > elements of observation sentence1936 observation statement1940 1936 Jrnl. Philos. 33 41 In this case the mode of verification will be the formulation of certain observation-sentences about Smith's body. 1970 W. V. Quine Philos. of Logic i. 5 Usually observation sentences are..individually responsive to observation. This is what distinguishes observation sentences from theoretical sentences. 1992 J. Dancy Introd. to Contemp. Epistemology (BNC) 99 These asymmetries revolve..around the notion of an observation sentence. < as lemmas |
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