What are stipulative definitions? Many topics revolve around defining something contrary or otherwise than the original definition. Much talk about what is meant by what a person is posting can be …

Dec 17, 2018 · A stipulative definition is a type of definition in which a new or currently-existing term is given a new specific meaning for the purposes of argument or discussion in a given context. When …

I wanted to ask the moderators if they can be cognizant when seeing a thread about God or language, that a stipulative definition become clear. Instead of bogging down in straw men that are created …

It seems to fit the definist fallacy since this fallacy essentially consists in (1) defining one concept in terms of another concept with which it is not clearly synonymous, (2) as the persuasive definition …

Sep 1, 2024 · Agreed. But surely people exist on a spectrum of self-sufficiency, especially once they reach adulthood? I mean we could give "self-sufficiency" a stipulative definition of, say, "the degree …

May 7, 2021 · I am not really sure that I would clearly wish to come up with an overriding definition of consciousness, because it seems like trying to put it into a category. It seems larger than that, — …

Nov 16, 2021 · "Buddhism is just realism" is a (stipulative) definition, not an argument. So no fallacy.

Sep 24, 2018 · I'm not understanding your stipulative definition of 'de-realization'. So translated to millennials, the critique then maybe is not that they are escaping reality, but more that they don't buy …

Jun 5, 2019 · I'm suggesting it's like a stipulative definition in mathematics, let x be the unique solution to f (x) = 0, where we can say that it's necessarily true that f (x) = 0 even though if we later discover that …

And, it would be refreshing for them to do so, creating havoc within party circles, as to make their stipulative definition of Chinese communism also be working for Hong Kong. — Wallows What …