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A philosophy that attempts to define all scientific concepts in terms of specified operations or procedures of observation and measurementSee Also: operationalist
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operaţionalism — OPERAŢIONALÍSM s.n. (fil.) 1. Concepţie gnoseologică neopozitivistă potrivit căreia noţiunile nu pot avea decât conţinut operaţional, întrucât semnificaţiile sunt generate de operaţii intelectuale. 2. Metodologie care pune în evidenţă funcţia… … Dicționar Român
operationalism — n. (Philos.) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in defining, proving, or applying it. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
operationalism — [äp΄ə rā′shə nəl iz΄əm] n. Philos. the doctrine that no concept or term used in a purportedly factual statement has valid meaning unless it can be defined in terms of repeatable, empirical operations, experimental procedures, etc.: also… … English World dictionary
operationalism — (or operationism ) The reductive and positivist philosophy of science associated particularly with Bridgman . According to operationalism, propositions about theoretical entities such as particles are disguised propositions about the experiences… … Philosophy dictionary
operationalism — operationalist, n. operationalistic, adj. /op euh ray sheuh nl iz euhm/, n. Philos. the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.… … Universalium
operationalism — noun Date: 1931 a view that the concepts or terms used in nonanalytic scientific statements must be definable in terms of identifiable and repeatable operations • operationalist noun • operationalistic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Operationalism — the philosophy of defining a concept as the operations that will measure the concept (variables) through specific observations … Mini philosophy glossary
operationalism — noun Philosophy a form of positivism which defines scientific concepts in terms of the operations used to determine or prove them. Derivatives operationalist noun & adjective … English new terms dictionary
operationalism — op·er·a·tion·al·ism … English syllables
operationalism — op•er•a•tion•al•ism [[t]ˌɒp əˈreɪ ʃə nlˌɪz əm[/t]] also op er•a′tion•ism n. pho the view that experimental operations must define scientific terms and concepts • Etymology: 1930–35 op er•a′tion•al•ist, n. adj … From formal English to slang
