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Contrastivism

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Contrastivism is a noun meaning (philosophy) An epistemological theory suggesting that knowledge attributions have a ternary structure of the form "S knows that p rather than q", in contrast to the traditional view whereby knowledge attributions have a binary structure of the form "S knows that p".

Meaning

(philosophy) An epistemological theory suggesting that knowledge attributions have a ternary structure of the form "S knows that p rather than q", in contrast to the traditional view whereby knowledge attributions have a binary structure of the form "S knows that p".

Example Sentences

In the last section I proposed to broaden contrastivism with respect to admissible kinds of third relata while in the first section I proposed to restrict it with respect to kinds of knowledge.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include conjunctivism, polycontexturality, contradictionism, coherentism, conjecturalism, contrastivity.

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