Sentence examples for use of contextual definitions from inspiring English sources
Because of the particular nature of Russell's use of "contextual" definitions of expressions for classes, and the distinctive character of the theory of definite descriptions, he regularly called the expressions for such entities "incomplete symbols" and the entities themselves "logical fictions".
The description of logical constructions as "incomplete symbols" derives from the use of contextual definitions that provide an analysis or substitute for each sentence in which a defined symbol may occur.
As we have seen, already before Gergonne and Jeremy Bentham, Bolzano advanced the idea of contextual definitions in the Contributions (1810): we grasp the meaning of a simple idea "from the use or the context" (Russ 2004, 107; the quotation is from Bolzano 1837, IV, 547).
The medievals had the notion of syncategorematic words, but it was a contemporary of John Horne Tooke who developed it into an explicit theory of contextual definition; namely, Jeremy Bentham.
Constructions which are like those using contextual definitions are generally called "incomplete symbols", while those like the theory of classes are called "fictions".
The use of contextual data could play a greater role in allowing higher education to fulfil its potential as a true powerhouse of social mobility".
This is where the use of contextual data comes into its own.
I hope that the use of contextual value added [by which social factors are included to measure school performance] and progress measures are retained.
Controversial though it is in parts of the sector, I wholeheartedly support the commission's call for the universal use of contextual data in the admissions process – indeed I'd go further, and say that we should also be aiming for a collective and uniform approach to the use of contextual data.
Some of them make use of contextual information, others are context-independent.
And it calls for universities to make greater use of contextual data when offering places.
