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

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.

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

For this, a simple enumeration of actions which such and such a man will do, is not enough.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

The child can probably tell; but he must not on this account be accorded a pass on the descriptive level; he has already shown that his level is that of simple enumeration.

From Mentally Defective Children by Binet, Alfred

If we analyse it, we find that simple enumeration is a registration of repeated impressions of any kind.

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Spencer, Herbert