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

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

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.

From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert

Dr. Whewell contends that, besides the sum of the facts, colligation introduces, as a principle of connection, a conception of the mind not existing in the facts.

From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by Stebbing, W. (William)

But colligation simply sums up the facts observed, as seen under a new point of view.

From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by Stebbing, W. (William)

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.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William