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形容詞

pretheoretical ‎(not comparable)

1. (philosophy) Arising before any theoretical considerations
   • 2008 April 23, J. L. Dowell, “Empirical metaphysics: the role of intuitions about possible cases in philosophy”, Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, DOI:10.1007/s11098-008-9224-2:

     Let’s grant, as seems plausible, that […] knowledge of what it takes to be a T, according to our pretheoretical notion of Ts, has an important role to play in settling metaphysical disputes about the nature of Ts.

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• pretheoretically

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• pretheory

語源

pre- +‎ theoretical

形容詞

pre-theoretical ‎(not comparable)

1. (philosophy) Arising before any theoretical considerations.
   • 1979, Joseph D. Sneed, The Logical Structure of Mathematical Physics:

     Likewise, the force function can be related in an obvious way to the pre-theoretical notion of how much "push and pull" it takes to set some medium-sized physical object in motion and keep it moving.