(Especially in logical positivism) a sentence giving conditions for the use or meaning of a concept which are less strict than those imposed by a definition.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970), philosopher.
Definition of reduction sentence in US English:
reduction sentence
noun
Philosophy
(Especially in logical positivism) a sentence giving conditions for the use or meaning of a concept which are less strict than those imposed by a definition.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970), philosopher.