| 单词 | family resemblance term |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfamily resemblance term 3. Chiefly in or with reference to the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein: one of a network of overlapping but discontinuous similarities between extensions of a concept or meanings of a word. Frequently attributive, as family resemblance concept, family resemblance term, etc. In quot. 1953 in the context of an analysis of the concept game. Wittgenstein argues that there are similarities between different types of game (some are active, some involve rules, etc.) but there is no unifying feature which characterizes all games; he likens such similarities to the resemblances between facial features of family members. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > language theories of individual philosophers > [noun] > ordinary language philosophies > elements of Wittgenstein's theories Sachverhalt1922 state of affairs1922 protophenomenon1932 family resemblance1953 1953 G. E. M. Anscombe tr. L. Wittgenstein Philos. Investig. §67 I can think of no better expression to characterize these similarities than ‘family resemblances’ [Ger. ‘Familienähnlichkeiten’]. 1961 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 20 175/2 ‘Work of art’, as applied to paintings, is a ‘family-resemblance’ term, in Wittgenstein's sense. 1991 Lang. in Society 20 645 The quest for precise truth-functional definitions needs to be replaced by attention to a range of less bounded categories such as prototypes, fuzzy sets, family resemblances, and metaphors. 2009 S. R. Clegg & M. Haugaard Sage Handbk. Power 4 As a family resemblance concept, ‘power’ covers a cluster of social phenomena central to the constitution of social order. < as lemmas |
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