adequationism
nounEtymology From adequation + -ism.
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences The definition of truth such that a theory is true if there is a relationship of adequation or equivalence between the facts or state of the world and the details and implications of the theory.
- Given the explication of "ideal coherence" at issue in the principles (P1) and (P2) […] it emerges that adequationism and coherentism are effectively co-ordinated.2012, N. Rescher, Forbidden Knowledge, page 25:
- Adequationism only makes sense in the assumption that matter has a prior isomorphic structure preceding the supposed structure that the forms must also have themselves.2013, Gustavo Bueno, Sciences as Categorical Closures, page 41:
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- The antecedent of this argument is Gorgias' treatment of language in his On non-being, but inverted and used as an instrument to restore adequationism.2022, Enrico Volpe, Le vie dell'essere: Studi sulla ricezione antica di Parmenide, page 146: