Definition
What is definition? How should it be defined?
Some propositions attempt to provide a definition of a term. The question is how the concept of definition is to be defined.
In the scientonomic context, this term was first used by Hakob Barseghyan in 2018. The term is currently accepted by Scientonomy community.
In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is:
- A statement of the meaning of a term.
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Scientonomic History
Acceptance Record
Community | Accepted From | Acceptance Indicators | Still Accepted | Accepted Until | Rejection Indicators |
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Scientonomy | 8 October 2018 | The question became accepted as legitimate with the publication of Barseghyan's Redrafting the Ontology of Scientific Change. | Yes |
All Theories
Theory | Formulation | Formulated In |
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Definition (Barseghyan-2018) | A statement of the meaning of a term. | 2018 |
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Accepted Theories
Community | Theory | Accepted From | Accepted Until |
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Scientonomy | Definition (Barseghyan-2018) | 1 September 2019 |
Suggested Modifications
Modification | Community | Date Suggested | Summary | Date Assessed | Verdict | Verdict Rationale |
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Sciento-2018-0007 | Scientonomy | 8 October 2018 | Accept the definition of definition as a statement of the meaning of a term. | 1 September 2019 | 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 |
Current View
In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is Definition (Barseghyan-2018).
Definition (Barseghyan-2018) states: "A statement of the meaning of a term."
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.