单词 | fundamentum divisionis |
释义 | fundamentum divisionisn. Logic. The principle or basis of logical division of a genus into its constituent species; a ground for differentiation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [noun] > process of division polytomy1819 fundamentum divisionis1849 1849 W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 2) §31. 134 The division must be made according to one principle (fundamentum divisionis). 1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic xii. 105 The size of the books is in this case the ground, basis, or principle of division, commonly called the Fundamentum Divisionis. 1925 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 19 827 Temporal sequence, though always convenient for classification, is seldom profound as a fundamentum divisionis. 1956 J. O. Urmson Philos. Anal. v. 68 The distinction ‘positive-negative’ has a different fundamentum divisionis from the distinction ‘particular-general’. 2007 Vivarium 45 57 Here the zoologist must be careful to avoid changing the fundamentum divisionis as when dividing by differentiae that belong to non-opposed genera such as locomotion and coloration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849 |
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