模写説

See also: 模寫說

Japanese

Kanji in this term
模	写	説
も Grade: 6	しゃ Grade: 3	せつ Grade: 4
goon	on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
模寫說 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Calque of German Abbildtheorie.

Compound of 模(も)写(しゃ) (mosha, “copy”) + 説(せつ) (setsu, “theory”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もしゃせつ [mòsháꜜsètsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞ɕa̠se̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

模(も)写(しゃ)説(せつ) • (moshasetsu) ^{←もしやせつ (mosyasetu)?}

1. (philosophy) copy theory

   Synonym: 反映論 (han'eiron)

   • 1940, Kiyoshi Miki, Tetsugaku nyūmon [An introduction to philosophy]‎^[1]:

     真(しん)理(り)についての自(し)然(ぜん)的(てき)な見(み)方(かた)は模(も)写(しゃ)説(せつ)と呼(よ)ばれている。模(も)写(しゃ)説(せつ)は、観(かん)念(ねん)と存(そん)在(ざい)との一(いっ)致(ち)が真(しん)理(り)であると考(かんが)える。

     Shinri ni tsuite no shizenteki na mikata wa moshasetsu to yobarete iru. Moshasetsu wa, kannen to sonzai to no itchi ga shinri de aru to kangaeru.

     The natural view of truth is called the copy theory. The copy theory holds that a coincidence of concept and existence is truth.