semantic slippage – Hossein Jorjani

Excursus 148 — On Semantic Shift, Semantic Slippage, Equivocation, and the Shifting Explanandum

Hossein Jorjani First publication: 2026 – 10 – 15 Scientific and philosophical arguments depend upon the continuity of concepts and the stability of the questions being investigated. Yet neither continuity can be taken for granted. A word may retain its spelling while changing its meaning, and an argument may retain its general subject while changingContinue reading “Excursus 148 — On Semantic Shift, Semantic Slippage, Equivocation, and the Shifting Explanandum”