colligation

American  

[kah-li-gay-shuhn] / ˌkɑ lɪˈgeɪ ʃən /

noun

plural

colligations

1. the act or process of colligating.

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Example Sentences

The colligation and classification of facts, then, we may regard as the two first steps, which are to be taken in the attainment of truth.'*

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The "colligation" of the facts, to use Whewell's phrase, is not a phenomenon, but a noumenon.

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Dr. Whewell sets out this last operation, which he terms the colligation of facts, as induction, and even as the type of induction generally.

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We have evidence collected in proof of these dogmas; by and by a colligation of facts in antagonism with them; and eventually a consequent modification.

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As a matter of fact, we have ideas that are not copies of any one impression, but a binding together, colligation, or intellection of several impressions.

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