anatomism
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3ADJ.
great, vivid, weak
VERB + ANATOMISM
say, stretched
ANATOMISM + NOUN
posse
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noun
The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.
The stretched and vivid anatomism of their great figure painters.
The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.
noun
The quality of not being atomic, but rather, being composed ofmultiple separable parts.
In terms of the distinction I drew earlier between the possession of generic semantic propertis and the possession of specific semantic properties, I want to say that weak anatomism involves the possession of generic semantic properties; strong anatomism involves the possession of specific semantic properties.
Weak anatomism, however, seems to Fodor and Lepore to be a position they need not bother with.
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4The stretched and vivid anatomism of their great figure painters.
WiktionaryIn terms of the distinction I drew earlier between the possession of generic semantic propertis and the possession of specific semantic properties, I want to say that weak anatomism involves the posse
WiktionaryWeak anatomism, however, seems to Fodor and Lepore to be a position they need not bother with.
WiktionaryIn the country of its origin (Germany) and in the country of its adoption (America), Gestalt psychology was a reaction against two "-isms": atomism and anatomism.
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