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

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.

The axioms and theorems of mathematics comprise the principal laws of resemblance 143 4. —and those of order in place, and rest on induction by simple enumeration 145 5.

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

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

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

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.