单词 | reduction sentence |
释义 | > as lemmasreduction sentence reduction sentence n. Philosophy (esp. in logical positivism) a sentence giving conditions for the use or meaning of a concept which are less strict than those imposed by a definition. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > meaning > [noun] > definition > sentence relating to reduction sentence1936 1936 R. Carnap in Philos. Sci. 3 441 We shall call R1 and R2 reduction sentences for ‘Q3’ and ‘∼ Q3’ respectively. 1949 A. Pap Elem. Analyt. Philos. xii. 289 The dispositional predicate is said to be reducible, by means of the reduction-sentence, to non-dispositional predicates. 2000 R. H. Jones Reductionism ii. 46 The proposed reduction sentences were found not to replace the reduced scientific terms without a loss of content. < as lemmas |
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