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Doctrine vs Contextualism - What's the difference?

doctrine | contextualism |

As nouns the difference between doctrine and contextualism

is that doctrine is a belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters while contextualism is (philosophy) any of a group of doctrines that stress the importance of context.

doctrine

Noun

(en noun)
  • A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
  • The body of teachings of a religion, or a religious leader, organization, group or text.
  • The incarnation is a basic doctrine of classical Christianity.
    The four noble truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.

    Anagrams

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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.