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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