intensionalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The belief that language acquires meaning from thought or belief, which is fundamentally non-linguistic, and that propositions are therefore independent of language.

Word forms

intensionalism

Etymology

From intensional + -ism.

Related words

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