单词 | systematic ambiguity |
释义 | > as lemmassystematic ambiguity systematic ambiguity n. Philosophy variation in meaning of a term or expression, of a kind governed and explicable by a rule. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > language theories of individual philosophers > [noun] > systematic ambiguity (in Russell and Whitehead) systematic ambiguity1908 1908 B. Russell in Amer. Jrnl. Math. 30 235 This appearance is due to a systematic ambiguity about such words as true and false. 1952 W. V. Quine Methods of Logic p. xi Systematic ambiguities..are essential to the nature of language. 2001 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 12 May c15 Kemp has shown himself a master of systematic ambiguity and the idiosyncratic exploitation of figures and syntax. < as lemmas |
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