Definition (Barseghyan-2018)

This is a definition of Definition that states "A statement of the meaning of a term."

This definition of Definition was formulated by Hakob Barseghyan in 2018.1 It is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available definition of the term.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

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Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 September 2019	The definition became accepted as a result of the acceptance of the respective suggested modification.	Yes

Suggestions To Accept

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Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
Sciento-2018-0007	Scientonomy	8 October 2018	Accept the definition of definition as a statement of the meaning of a term.	Accepted	The consensus on this modification emerged primarily off-line. It was agreed that whether or not "definitions can have a truth value" is irrelevant to this modification and that "the question of most relevance to scientonomy is whether definitions can be accepted or not accepted by an epistemic agent".c1 It was also noted that the consensus concerning this modification "has manifested on several occasions, including the first scientonomy conference in May 2019 in Toronto."c2	1 September 2019

Question Answered

Definition (Barseghyan-2018) is an attempt to definition the following question: What is definition? How should it be defined?

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Description

This somewhat simplistic definition of definition is meant to highlight that definitions are themselves theories (statements, propositions). As a result, any stance that can be taken by epistemic agents towards theories can also be taken towards definitions.

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