Operationalism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  operationalism \operationalism\ n. (Philos.)
     the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of
     the operations involved in defining, proving, or applying it.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  operationalism
       n : (philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition
           consists of the operations involved in proving or
           applying it