Conventionalism - English spelling: conventionalism

Japanese: 規約主義 - きやくしゅぎ（英語表記）conventionalism

It is also called "conventionalism," "expediency," or in English "conventionalism." It refers to the position that, when discussing the truth of scientific laws and theories, they are understood as the result of an agreement, rather than being sought in the world of objective reality. Kant cannot be called a conventionalist, but Kantian epistemology can be said to have opened up the possibility of a conventionalist position in that it sought objective validity in the form of thought, that is, in categories, which are a form of cognition that belongs to the subjective side.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

〈約束主義〉〈便宜主義〉あるいは英語のまま〈コンベンショナリズム〉ともいう。科学的な法則や理論の真理性を論ずるに当たって，それを客観的実在の世界に求めず，取決めの結果として理解する立場を指す。カントを規約主義者と呼ぶことはできないが，カント的な認識論は，客観的妥当性を，主観の側に属する認識の形式としての思惟の形式，すなわち範疇（はんちゆう）(カテゴリー)に求めたという点で，規約主義的な立場の可能性を切り開いたといえる。

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