Frontiers of Philosophy in China >

2010 , Vol. 5 >Issue 3: 449 - 460

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11466-010-0108-0

research-article

The Boundaries of Context and Their Significance

  • GUO Guichun
Expand
  • Research Center for Philosophy of Science and Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

Published date: 05 Sep 2010

Copyright

2014 Higher Education Press and Brill
Fold

Abstract

In the study of contextualism, the most noticeable and at the same time ambiguous problem is how to ascertain the boundaries of context. This article tries to explore the boundaries of context and the significance of the “contextualizing movement” which began in the 1980s. The establishment of boundaries can be analyzed from three aspects: the syntactic boundary, the semantic boundary, and the pragmatic boundary. This differentiation offers meaningful perspectives for grasping the method of contextual analysis, strengthening its position and influence in scientific explanation.

Key words： contextualism; syntactic boundary; semantic boundary; pragmatic boundary; contextualizing movement

Cite this article

GUO Guichun . The Boundaries of Context and Their Significance[J]. Frontiers of Philosophy in China, 2010 , 5(3) : 449 -460 . DOI: 10.1007/s11466-010-0108-0

Options
Outlines

/

〈 〉