Pretheoretical
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Arising before any theoretical considerations not-comparable
"Let’s grant, as seems plausible, that […] knowledge of what it takes to be a T, according to our pretheoretical notion of Ts, has an important role to play in settling metaphysical disputes about the nature of Ts."
Example
More examples"Let’s grant, as seems plausible, that […] knowledge of what it takes to be a T, according to our pretheoretical notion of Ts, has an important role to play in settling metaphysical disputes about the nature of Ts."
Etymology
From pre- + theoretical.
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