singularist

English

Etymology

From singular +‎ -ist.

Noun

singularist (plural singularists)

  1. (obsolete) One who affects singularity.
    • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
      a clownish singularist, or nonconformist to ordinary usage
  2. A proponent of singularism.
    1. One who believes there is a single valid interpretion.
      • 2007, Michael Krausz, Interpretation and Transformation, page 30:
        To that end, the singularist understands an inquiry to proceed.
      • 2019, Michael Krausz, Rightness and Reasons: Interpretation in Cultural Practices, page 45:
        What divides the singularist from the multiplist is not just an epistemic difference.
    2. One who believes that the causal relationship is a directly perceivable and reducible relation between two events.
      • 1997, Douglas Ehring, Causation and Persistence: A Theory of Causation, page 8:
        Like all singularists, Ducasse holds that causation is a relation between particular events with no generalist comonent.
      • 2010, Michael S. Moore, Causation and Responsibility, page 506:
        My own sympathies are with the generalizing singularist,

Adjective

singularist (comparative more singularist, superlative most singularist)

  1. Pertaining to the believe in a single valid interpretation.
    • 2007, Michael Krausz, Interpretation and Transformation, page 30:
      Yet insofar as such reconciliation or healing depends upon satisfactory elucidatory inquiries into the admissibility of interretations of pertinent situations, the conducts of inquiry associated with singularist and multiplist ideals would be operative.
    • 2019, Michael Krausz, Rightness and Reasons: Interpretation in Cultural Practices, page 45:
      Rather than think of multiplist conditions as being always en route to an ideal singularist condition (which they may sometimes be), the multiplist allows that a singularist condition may itself be interim or en route to a yet deeper understanding of the complexities of pertinent practices .
  2. Pertaining to the belief believes that the causal relationship is a directly perceivable and reducible relation between two events
    • 1997, Douglas Ehring, Causation and Persistence: A Theory of Causation, page 10:
      In that respect , I am working within a broadly Humean tradition and not the singularist tradition .
    • 2010, Michael S. Moore, Causation and Responsibility, page 506:
      Whether singularist theories of causation are viable depends intially on which brand of singularism one has in mind.
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