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Single Idea 2561

[from 'Against Method' by Paul Feyerabend, in 14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 6. Theory Holism ]

Full Idea

For Feyerabend the meaning of a term depends on a whole theory containing the term.

Gist of Idea

For Feyerabend the meaning of a term depends on a whole theory

Source

report of Paul Feyerabend (Against Method [1975]) by Richard Rorty - Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature 6.3

Book Reference

Rorty,Richard: 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature' [Blackwell 1980], p.273