Pretheoretically
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Before taking any theoretical considerations into account. not-comparable
"I don’t dispute that some cases of this sort—involving a subject who differentially doubts what, pretheoretically, we would take to be one and the same thought-content, entertained twice—might be best described by hypothesizing a difference in content."
Example
More examples"I don’t dispute that some cases of this sort—involving a subject who differentially doubts what, pretheoretically, we would take to be one and the same thought-content, entertained twice—might be best described by hypothesizing a difference in content."
Etymology
From pretheoretical + -ly.
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