Definitions of the circular economy: Circularity matters

Truth and Circular Definitions

This original and enticing book provides a fresh, unifying perspective on many old and new logico-philosophical conundrums. Its basic thesis is that many concepts central in ordinary and philosophical discourse are inherently circular and thus cannot be fully understood as long as one remains within the confines of a standard theory of definitions. As an alternative, the authors develop a revis...

Finite Circular Definitions –

A finite circular definition is a particularly simple kind of circular definition. The content of a circular definition is given by a revision process that the definition generates. Finite circular definitions are those that have finite revision processes: the process of revision is complete, in the sense made precise below, in finitely many stages. Finite circular definitions prove to be usefu...

Landfills And The Circular Economy

Promotion of resource efficiency and development towards a circular economy is widely supported. Many products and materials that are brought into the economy contain hazardous substances. These substances may be acceptable during the consumption stage, but due to accumulation in the environment may also cause impact to human health and the environment after consumption. The primary goal of was...

Waste and circular economy

A Note on Analysis and Circular Definitions

In some cases, even a whole theory may be regarded as a constituting an analysis. For example, Russell’s celebrated theory of definite descriptions may be viewed as an analysis of that formal concept which in natural language can be expressed by means of the definite article. Analyses are also called philosophical, real, or simply analyzing definitions. This is appropriate, since analyses are i...