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Abstractionism vs Contextualism - What's the difference?

abstractionism | contextualism |

As nouns the difference between abstractionism and contextualism

is that abstractionism is the creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art while contextualism is (philosophy) any of a group of doctrines that stress the importance of context.

abstractionism

English

Noun

  • The creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art.
  • The presentation of ideas in an abstract manner.

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    contextualism

    English

    Noun

  • (philosophy) Any of a group of doctrines that stress the importance of context
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    • , passage=If contextualism is true, then change ramifies through all the contextual connections. }}

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "contextualism": developmental, scientific, epistemic, epistemological, linguistic, semantic, methodological, historical, functional, descriptive, radical, moderate.

    Related terms

    * contextualist * contextualistic * contextualistically

    External links

    * (wikipedia "contextualism")