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open texture

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
open -tex-ture
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A philosophical concept that refers to the universal possibility of imprecision in empirical statements.

noun

The phenomenon that legal rules are a function of language and are thus subject to attempts at definition of vague or interpretative terms.

Etymology

Coined by Austrian philosopher Friedrich Waismann in 1945.

Questions

What does open texture mean?
A philosophical concept that refers to the universal possibility of imprecision in empirical statements.
Where does open texture come from?
Coined by Austrian philosopher Friedrich Waismann in 1945.

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