| 单词 | subaltern genus |
| 释义 | > as lemmassubaltern genus b. Designating a genus which is itself a species of a higher genus; (also) designating a species which is also a genus. Frequently in subaltern genus. Cf. sense A. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [noun] > a division, group, or class > categories in relation to each other summum genus1592 subaltern genusa1705 superordinate1817 non-class1936 a1631 J. Downe Svbiection to Higher Powers in Certaine Treat. (1633) 4 For as in Logicke that Genus which they call Subalterne, though it be a Genus in respect of those Species that are vnder it, yet in regard of the Genus aboue it is but a Species. 1671 J. Newton Introd. Art Logick vi. 23 They are said to be subaltern Generals, whereof one is essentially contained by the other; as an Animal and a Body. a1705 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (1713) ii. iv. 149 A distinct subaltern Genus. 1725 I. Watts Logick i. iii. §3 This sort of universal Ideas, which may either be consider'd as a Genus, or a Species, is call'd Subaltern. 1826 R. Whately Elements Logic ii. 65 Iron ore is a subaltern species or genus, being both the genus of magnet, and a species of mineral. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic iv. 72 The intermediate Concepts are the Subaltern Genera or Species. 1937 Jewish Q. Rev. 27 240 How can God be the summus genus when the intermediate steps, the subaltern species, are also universals and therefore non-existent? 1951 Philos. Rev. 60 559 The relation of resemblance is internally differentiated into subaltern genera. 1987 H. M. Hoenigswald & L. F. Weiner Biol. Metaphor & Cladistic Classif. i. 6 The traditional tree of Porphyry or Porphyrian scale..was a purely logical method of exhibiting the series of subaltern genera to which a concept may be assigned. < as lemmas |
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