(philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications
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formalism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | philosophical theory, philosophical doctrine |
| Derivation | formalistic |
formalism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | philosophy, school of thought, ism, philosophical system, doctrine |
| Derivation | formalistic |
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Superficially, this formalism is simple to understand for the following reasons.
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Maybe he wasn't recognized when we had a world dominated by academic formalism.
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The formalism of the tune comes marching out of Haynes's polyrhythmic dynamism.
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It involves the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism, an extension of the BRST formalism.
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During the 1960s, formalism conferred an almost messianic exclusiveness on taste.
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Corresponding near field maps were also computed analytically with this formalism.
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Some approaches tend to avoid giving any interpretation of phenomena or formalism.
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This happens because the traditional state machine formalism inflicts repetitions.
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This formalism is used in the context of Lagrangian optics and Hamiltonian optics.
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- The doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications
- The practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms
- (formalistic) concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art); "highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot'"
- Formalist film theory is a theory of film study that is focused on the formal, or technical, elements of a film: i.e., the lighting, scoring, sound and set design, use of color, shot composition, and editing. It is a major theory of film study today.
- Legal formalism is a legal positivist view in philosophy of law and jurisprudence. While Jeremy Bentham's can be seen as appertaining to the legislature, legal formalism appertains to the Judge; that is, formalism does not (as positivists do) suggest that the substantive justice of a law is ...
- Formalism is a school of literary criticism and literary theory having mainly to do with structural purposes of a particular text.
- In foundations of mathematics, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of logic, formalism is a theory that holds that statements of mathematics and logic can be thought of as statements about the consequences of certain string manipulation rules.
- In music theory and especially in the branch of study called the aesthetics of music, formalism is the concept that a composition's meaning is entirely determined by its form.
