Definition of nomological in English:

nomological

adjective ˌnɒməˈlɒdʒɪkəlˌnäməˈläjik(ə)l

1Relating to or denoting principles that resemble laws, especially those laws of nature which are neither logically necessary nor theoretically explicable, but just are so.
Example sentencesExamples
- I take it that Quine has in mind a causal or nomological sense.
- Many standard theories of causation also endorse this conclusion, for example, if we are willing to assume it is a law that all ravens are black, then nomological theories of causation will support the claim.
- The laws linking mind and brain are what Feigl calls nomological danglers, that is, brute facts added onto the body of integrated physical law.
1. 1.1
  another term for nomothetic
  Example sentencesExamples
  What we want is a characterization of every physical process so that the invariance of cause and effect corresponds to nomological irreversibility.
  A nomological network seeks to relate theoretical constructs to each other, theoretical constructs to observable measures, and observable measures to each other.
  Four of those theories are nomological, and only one is historical.
  For Boyle, physical objects do exhibit nomological regularities, but this is a contingent fact about the world, or rather, for Boyle was cautious about generalizing, about the spatio-temporal portion of it we occupy.
  This way, one might have interaction yet preserve a kind of nomological closure, in the sense that no laws are infringed.

Derivatives

nomologically

adverb

In other words, take two tokens of a nomologically reversible process type, say A and B, and let B be the actively time reversed process of A, then this interpretation claims that A and B causally develop in the same direction of time.
Example sentencesExamples
- Indeed, this is exactly what happens in the nomologically possible cases discovered by Gödel.
- This relation, which is differently characterized by different versions of the view, is such as to make it either nomologically certain or else highly probable that the belief is true.
- The mental is distinct from the physical but nomologically supervenes on it.
- Because both meaning and physical existence are dependent on time, they appear to be nomologically linked.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek nomos 'law' + -logical (see -logy).

Definition of nomological in US English:

nomological

adjectiveˌnäməˈläjik(ə)l

1Relating to or denoting certain principles, such as laws of nature, that are neither logically necessary nor theoretically explicable, but are simply taken as true.
Example sentencesExamples
- Many standard theories of causation also endorse this conclusion, for example, if we are willing to assume it is a law that all ravens are black, then nomological theories of causation will support the claim.
- I take it that Quine has in mind a causal or nomological sense.
- The laws linking mind and brain are what Feigl calls nomological danglers, that is, brute facts added onto the body of integrated physical law.
1. 1.1
  another term for nomothetic
  Example sentencesExamples
  What we want is a characterization of every physical process so that the invariance of cause and effect corresponds to nomological irreversibility.
  Four of those theories are nomological, and only one is historical.
  A nomological network seeks to relate theoretical constructs to each other, theoretical constructs to observable measures, and observable measures to each other.
  This way, one might have interaction yet preserve a kind of nomological closure, in the sense that no laws are infringed.
  For Boyle, physical objects do exhibit nomological regularities, but this is a contingent fact about the world, or rather, for Boyle was cautious about generalizing, about the spatio-temporal portion of it we occupy.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek nomos ‘law’ + -logical (see -logy).

单词	nomological
释义	Definition of nomological in English: nomological adjective ˌnɒməˈlɒdʒɪkəlˌnäməˈläjik(ə)l 1Relating to or denoting principles that resemble laws, especially those laws of nature which are neither logically necessary nor theoretically explicable, but just are so. Example sentencesExamples I take it that Quine has in mind a causal or nomological sense. Many standard theories of causation also endorse this conclusion, for example, if we are willing to assume it is a law that all ravens are black, then nomological theories of causation will support the claim. The laws linking mind and brain are what Feigl calls nomological danglers, that is, brute facts added onto the body of integrated physical law. 1.1 another term for nomothetic Example sentencesExamples What we want is a characterization of every physical process so that the invariance of cause and effect corresponds to nomological irreversibility. A nomological network seeks to relate theoretical constructs to each other, theoretical constructs to observable measures, and observable measures to each other. Four of those theories are nomological, and only one is historical. For Boyle, physical objects do exhibit nomological regularities, but this is a contingent fact about the world, or rather, for Boyle was cautious about generalizing, about the spatio-temporal portion of it we occupy. This way, one might have interaction yet preserve a kind of nomological closure, in the sense that no laws are infringed. Derivatives nomologically adverb In other words, take two tokens of a nomologically reversible process type, say A and B, and let B be the actively time reversed process of A, then this interpretation claims that A and B causally develop in the same direction of time. Example sentencesExamples Indeed, this is exactly what happens in the nomologically possible cases discovered by Gödel. This relation, which is differently characterized by different versions of the view, is such as to make it either nomologically certain or else highly probable that the belief is true. The mental is distinct from the physical but nomologically supervenes on it. Because both meaning and physical existence are dependent on time, they appear to be nomologically linked. Origin Mid 19th century: from Greek nomos 'law' + -logical (see -logy). Definition of nomological in US English: nomological adjectiveˌnäməˈläjik(ə)l 1Relating to or denoting certain principles, such as laws of nature, that are neither logically necessary nor theoretically explicable, but are simply taken as true. Example sentencesExamples Many standard theories of causation also endorse this conclusion, for example, if we are willing to assume it is a law that all ravens are black, then nomological theories of causation will support the claim. I take it that Quine has in mind a causal or nomological sense. The laws linking mind and brain are what Feigl calls nomological danglers, that is, brute facts added onto the body of integrated physical law. 1.1 another term for nomothetic Example sentencesExamples What we want is a characterization of every physical process so that the invariance of cause and effect corresponds to nomological irreversibility. Four of those theories are nomological, and only one is historical. A nomological network seeks to relate theoretical constructs to each other, theoretical constructs to observable measures, and observable measures to each other. This way, one might have interaction yet preserve a kind of nomological closure, in the sense that no laws are infringed. For Boyle, physical objects do exhibit nomological regularities, but this is a contingent fact about the world, or rather, for Boyle was cautious about generalizing, about the spatio-temporal portion of it we occupy. Origin Mid 19th century: from Greek nomos ‘law’ + -logical (see -logy).
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