| 单词 |
contextualism |
| 释义 |
contextualism|kənˈtɛkstjuːəlɪz(ə)m|
[f. contextual a. + -ism.]
1. Philos. Any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context of inquiry in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms.
1929Proc. Arist. Soc. XXX. 10 The argument from mental atmosphere is a form of what may be called the contextual argument in philosophy, although not necessarily of monistic contextualism. 1964M. Thompson in Chisholm et al. Philos. 199 Various naturalists have adopted the label ‘contextualism’ as a mark of their opposition..to any attempt to fix the meanings of key terms absolutely without regard for context.
2. The policy or practice, in literary criticism, of setting a poem or other work in its cultural context.
1955G. S. Fraser in J. Wain Interpretations 234 Contextualism, in this Batesonian sense, can..seem both fussy and flippant. 1956Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Jan. 37/2 If I may elucidate the ‘contextualism’ he attributes to me, the poem, when read out of its original historical context, is a present fiction.
Hence conˈtextualist, an exponent or adherent of contextualism; contextuaˈlistic a., pertaining to or characteristic of contextualism.
1936Mind XLV. 531 The Possible is, in a certain sense, confined to the future: this is the view of..Contextualists such as Mead. Ibid., On contextualistic grounds there is definite evidence for the possibility of the past. 1946C. Morris Signs, Lang. & Behav. 321 A contextualistic theory of perception. 1956M. Krieger New Apologists for Poetry p. xiii, The contextualist's dilemma. |
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