simple enumeration

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noun

Logic, Philosophy.

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

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simple enumeration

It would be too long to give even a simple enumeration of them.

From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Houghton, Louise Seymour

No action was taken, however, upon the more important recommendation that midway between two censuses a simple enumeration by sex and age should be effected.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

From this simple enumeration, it can easily be understood what a useless task we should impose upon ourselves were we merely to enter upon so wide and difficult a subject.

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

Thus, if simple enumeration is to be rendered valid, it must not be stated as Mill states it.

From Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy by Russell, Bertrand

But on an induction by simple enumeration 100 3.

From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II by Mill, John Stuart