open texturen.

Brit.

/ˌəʊp(ə)n ˈtɛkstʃə/, U.S.

/ˌoʊp(ə)n ˈtɛk(st)ʃər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: open adj., texture n.

Etymology: < open adj. + texture n., after German Porosität porosity (in Porosität der Begriffe, lit. ‘porosity of concepts’: see quot. 1945).

Philosophy.

The possibility of uncertain application of an empirical term, owing to competing criteria of application or unforeseen situations.

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open texture1945

open-texturedness1966

1945 F. Waismann in Aristotelian Soc. Suppl. Vol. 19 121 The failure of the phenomenalist to translate a material object statement into terms of sense data..is due to..the ‘open texture’ of most of our empirical concepts... I owe this term to Mr. [W. C.] Kneale who suggested it to me as a translation of Porosität der Begriffe, a term coined by me in German.

1965 Amer. Philos. Q. 2 112/2 There are practical reasons independent of vagueness, open-texture and the like for refusing to equate names with descriptions.

1992 J. M. Kelly Short Hist. Western Legal Theory x. 431 All rules have an ‘open texture’ (though the degree of openness will vary..; for example, peculiarly important social ends like protecting life may mean laws against killing which have very little area of open texture).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	open texture
释义	open texturen. Brit. /ˌəʊp(ə)n ˈtɛkstʃə/, U.S. /ˌoʊp(ə)n ˈtɛk(st)ʃər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: open adj., texture n. Etymology: < open adj. + texture n., after German Porosität porosity (in Porosität der Begriffe, lit. ‘porosity of concepts’: see quot. 1945). Philosophy. The possibility of uncertain application of an empirical term, owing to competing criteria of application or unforeseen situations. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > meaning > [noun] > open-texture or texturedness open texture1945 open-texturedness1966 1945 F. Waismann in Aristotelian Soc. Suppl. Vol. 19 121 The failure of the phenomenalist to translate a material object statement into terms of sense data..is due to..the ‘open texture’ of most of our empirical concepts... I owe this term to Mr. [W. C.] Kneale who suggested it to me as a translation of Porosität der Begriffe, a term coined by me in German. 1965 Amer. Philos. Q. 2 112/2 There are practical reasons independent of vagueness, open-texture and the like for refusing to equate names with descriptions. 1992 J. M. Kelly Short Hist. Western Legal Theory x. 431 All rules have an ‘open texture’ (though the degree of openness will vary..; for example, peculiarly important social ends like protecting life may mean laws against killing which have very little area of open texture). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1945
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