English Dictionary

etymological argument

名詞

(philosophy, linguistics) Explanation and analysis—often considered controversial—of one or more concepts or linguistic terms by means of an exposition of their linguistic origins.

日本語の意味

語源に基づく説明や分析、すなわち概念や言語用語の語源を明らかにすることで、その意味や成り立ちを論じる議論 / 語源を起点とした論証・議論。概念や言語用語について、語源的背景を詳述することでその理解を試みる説明

At the conference, he criticized the etymological argument as an unreliable basis for philosophical definitions, noting that word origins often mislead modern usage.

学会で彼は、語源に基づく議論を哲学的定義の信頼できない根拠だとして批判し、語の起源が現代の用法を誤導することが多いと指摘した。

意味（1）

(philosophy, linguistics) Explanation and analysis—often considered controversial—of one or more concepts or linguistic terms by means of an exposition of their linguistic origins.

But it goes without saying that this etymological argument in and of itself has no significance, since a word taken from a dead language may resultantly assume a meaning independent of its etymology.

etymological arguments （ plural ）