Contrastivism, the Glossary
Contrastivism, or the contrast theory of meaning, is an epistemological theory proposed by Jonathan Schaffer that suggests that knowledge attributions have a ternary structure of the form 'S knows that p rather than q'.[1]
Table of Contents
8 relations: Contextualism, Contrast (linguistics), Epistemology, Ernest Gellner, Jonathan Schaffer, Meaning (non-linguistic), Semantics, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong.
- Meaning (philosophy of language)
Contextualism
Contextualism, also known as epistemic contextualism, is a family of views in philosophy which emphasize the context in which an action, utterance, or expression occurs. Contrastivism and contextualism are Skepticism.
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Contrast (linguistics)
In semantics, contrast is a relationship between two discourse segments.
See Contrastivism and Contrast (linguistics)
Epistemology
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge.
See Contrastivism and Epistemology
Ernest Gellner
Ernest André Gellner (9 December 1925 – 5 November 1995) was a British-Czech philosopher and social anthropologist described by The Daily Telegraph, when he died, as one of the world's most vigorous intellectuals, and by The Independent as a "one-man crusader for critical rationalism".
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Jonathan Schaffer
Jonathan Schaffer is an American philosopher specializing in metaphysics and also working in epistemology, mind, and language.
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Meaning (non-linguistic)
Non-linguistic (or pre-linguistic) meaning is a type of meaning not mediated or perceived through linguistic signs. Contrastivism and meaning (non-linguistic) are meaning (philosophy of language).
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Semantics
Semantics is the study of linguistic meaning. Contrastivism and Semantics are meaning (philosophy of language).
See Contrastivism and Semantics
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (born 1955) is an American philosopher specializing in ethics, epistemology, neuroethics, the philosophy of law, and the philosophy of cognitive science.
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See also
Meaning (philosophy of language)
- Aboutness
- Animal symbolicum
- Causal theory of reference
- Conceptual necessity
- Connotation
- Contrastivism
- Definition
- Deflationary theory of truth
- Denotation
- Descriptivist theory of names
- Direct reference theory
- Exegetical neutrality
- Frege's puzzles
- Internal–external distinction
- Interpretation (philosophy)
- Interpretive discussion
- Meaning (existential)
- Meaning (non-linguistic)
- Meaning (philosophy)
- Meaning (semiotics)
- Mediated reference theory
- Metasemantics
- No–no paradox
- Propositions
- Reference
- Semantics
- Sense and reference
- Sensemaking
- Sous rature
- Translation
- Trouser-word
- Truth
- Truth-conditional semantics
- Verificationism
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrastivism
Also known as Contrast theory of meaning.