universe of discourse
Example Sentences
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“It has broken down the universe of discourse of the old market style of economy and proven that there is no singe narrative that is suitable for the whole world.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 28, 2015
“It forces us to compare him to Dostoyevsky or John Ford, since for Balabanov what is important is not the social universe of discourse but the moral one.”
From New York Times • May 22, 2013
The ideas expressed are native to his own universe of discourse.
From Time Magazine Archive
At present, he sees not even a "common universe of discourse."
From Time Magazine Archive
If the reality assumed were cancelled from the pragmatist's universe of discourse, he would straightway give the name of falsehoods to the beliefs remaining, in spite of all their satisfactoriness.
From Meaning of Truth by James, William
