单词 | infinitate |
释义 | infinitatev. transitive. To render infinite; in Logic, to make (a positive concept, term, or predicate) ‘infinite’ (see infinite adj. 8) or indefinite in extent, by prefixing a negative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > conversion of a proposition > convert [verb (transitive)] convert1638 turn1654 reconvert1849 contrapone1864 infinitate1864 contraposit1880 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vi. 153 A negative Judgment can always be changed in Form to an affirmative, or an affirmative to a negative, simply by Infinitating one of its Terms, or by dropping its Infinitation. Derivatives inˈfinitated adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > conversion of a proposition > [adjective] > of or produced by types of conversion infinitea1856 infinitated1864 contrapositive1870 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vi. 152 Either A, or its Infinitated correlative, not-A, must belong to everything, and must include everything. 1867 L. H. Atwater Elem. Logic 61 Hence such purely Negative Conceptions are sometimes classed by logicians as Infinitated Conceptions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1864 |
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