simple enumeration

American  

noun

Logic, Philosophy.

1. a procedure for arriving at empirical generalizations by haphazard accumulation of positive instances.

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Example Sentences

A simple enumeration of a few of its features may give some idea of its collective grandeur and magnificence.

From The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West by Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de

Another instance, which is certainly very happy as an example of the simple enumeration of a number of particulars, is Salisbury's remonstrance against the second crowning of the king.

From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by Hazlitt, William

The details or even a simple enumeration of the new applications of slate would, in order to be anywhere nearly complete, necessitate a lengthy article.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 by Various

The simple enumeration of the various public fêtes, each of which was necessarily accompanied by a distinct ceremonial, would take up much time were we to attempt to give it even in the shortest manner.

From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by Jacob, P. L.

In collecting empirical laws from history, therefore, only very rough inductions can be hoped for, and we may have to be content with simple enumeration.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth