| 单词 | the science demonstrative |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe science demonstrative b. Chiefly Logic, Philosophy, and Mathematics. Of a method, argument, etc.: that uses logical reasoning or deduction; involving logical demonstration. In early use chiefly in the science demonstrative: the science of logic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] > logically, directly ostensivec1570 demonstrative1581 scientifical1588 scientific1637 deictical1638 scientificial1646 monstrative1653 deictic1828 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 2 (MED) He [sc. Galen] was most forsoþ in science demonstratiue [L. scientia demonstratiua] in tyme of Antonii emperour. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 62v Galyen..in hys youth he desired greetly to knowe the science demonstratiue. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xli. 246 Logicke, for her demonstratiue part, plaieth the Grammer to the Mathematicalles. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 82 The common Sciences, as the demonstrative, the definitive, the divisive. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. Introd. p. i Probable Evidence is essentially distinguished from demonstrative by this, that it admits of Degrees. 1747 H. Knight Being & Attrib. God ii. iv. 179 The proof of the being and perfections of God being so plain, full, various, and strictly demonstrative, [etc.]. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic ii. 34 Logic, as it proceeds from axiomatic principles,..is a purely demonstrative science. a1915 J. C. Wilson Statement & Inference (1926) II. iv. i. 589 Clearly the argument is demonstrative, and the inductionists..would be obliged to call it deduction. 1945 National Math. Mag. 19 408 Original exercises in demonstrative geometry, to develop power and confidence in problem-analysis, reflective thinking and deductive inference. 1954 G. Polya Induction & Analogy in Math. Pref. p. v We secure our mathematical knowledge by demonstrative reasoning, but we support our conjectures by plausible reasoning. 2004 A. Bailey First Philos. II. iii. 162/2 We can know that the conclusion of a demonstrative argument is true (indeed, necessarily true) without knowing anything about the actual world. < as lemmas |
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