What Does Indeterminacy Mean?

What Does Indeterminacy Mean?

Indeterminacy, in philosophy, can refer both to common scientific and mathematical concepts of uncertainty and their implications and to another kind of indeterminacy deriving from the nature of definition or meaning. It is related to deconstructionism and to Nietzsche's criticism of the Kantian noumenon.

What do you mean by indeterminacy?

uncountable noun. The indeterminacy of something is its quality of being uncertain or vague.

What does indeterminate mean in a sentence?

A prison sentence that consists of a range of years (such as "five to ten years"). ... The principle behind indeterminate sentences is the hope that prison will rehabilitate some prisoners; those who show the most progress will be paroled closer to the minimum term than those who do not.

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