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combinatorialism

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Etymology

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From combinatorial +‎ -ism.

Noun

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combinatorialism (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) A theory of reality based on all the possible combinations of simple objects
    • 2007 September 20, Luca Moretti, “Brogaard and Salerno on antirealism and the conditional fallacy”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 2, →DOI:
      Yet, many philosophers find combinatorialism attractive because of its ontological parsimony and because it harmonizes with actualism and naturalism.