Metatheoretically

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a metatheoretical manner or context. not-comparable

    "The Stalnaker-Lewis approach is far from being uncontroversial or devoid of problems, but it does allow one to avoid the circularity of having to establish what information is metatheoretically or contextually relevant to the agents in order to evaluate some further relevant information."

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"The Stalnaker-Lewis approach is far from being uncontroversial or devoid of problems, but it does allow one to avoid the circularity of having to establish what information is metatheoretically or contextually relevant to the agents in order to evaluate some further relevant information."

Etymology

From metatheoretical + -ly.

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