singularist en · ADJ
Etymology
From singular + -ist.
Meanings
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Pertaining to the believe in a single valid interpretation.
Yet insofar as such reconciliation or healing depends upon satisfactory elucidatory inquiries into the admissibility of interretations of pertinent situations, the conducts of inquiry associated with singularist and multiplist ideals would be operative.
2007, Michael Krausz, Interpretation and Transformation, page 30:Rather than think of multiplist conditions as being always en route to an ideal singularist condition (which they may sometimes be), the multiplist allows that a singularist condition may itself be interim or en route to a yet deeper understanding of the complexities of pertinent practices .
2019, Michael Krausz, Rightness and Reasons: Interpretation in Cultural Practices, page 45:
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Pertaining to the belief believes that the causal relationship is a directly perceivable and reducible relation between two events
Whether singularist theories of causation are viable depends intially on which brand of singularism one has in mind.
2010, Michael S. Moore, Causation and Responsibility, page 506:In that respect , I am working within a broadly Humean tradition and not the singularist tradition .
1997, Douglas Ehring, Causation and Persistence: A Theory of Causation, page 10:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most singularist | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more singularist | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |