Doctrine vs Conventionalism - What's the difference?
doctrine | conventionalism |
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.
(uncountable) Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior
(countable, obsolete) A conventional act or constraint
*{{quote-book, 1864, date=March 15, author=Frederick Denison Maurice, chapter=To ____, title=The Life Of Frederick Denison Maurice, volume=2, page=478
, passage=Having said this, you will not, I trust, suspect me of disliking you for throwing off conventionalisms and speaking to me as a man to a man. }}
(uncountable, philosophy) The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions
*{{quote-journal, 2007, date=October 2, Andrew D. Cling, The epistemic regress problem, Philosophical Studies, url=, doi=10.1007/s11098-007-9152-6, volume=140, issue=3, pages=
, passage=Skepticism arrives at conventionalism by way of the claims that the conditions on evidential support cannot be satisfied
As nouns the difference between doctrine and conventionalism
is that doctrine is a belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters while conventionalism is (uncountable) adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior.doctrine
English
(wikipedia doctrine)Noun
(en noun)- The incarnation is a basic doctrine of classical Christianity.
- The four noble truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.
External links
* *Anagrams
* ----conventionalism
English
Noun
(en-noun)citation
