subsumption
Origin of subsumption
1Other words from subsumption
- sub·sump·tive, adjective
Words Nearby subsumption
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How to use subsumption in a sentence
Thinking is subsumption—just placing a particular proposition under its universal.
Essays in Experimental Logic | John DeweyThe act of recognition is a subsumption of the object under a class by use of the second figure of the syllogism.
The subsumption of the condition of another possible judgement under the condition of the rule is the minor.
The Critique of Pure Reason | Immanuel KantIt leads Kant to describe schematism as a process of subsumption, and to speak of the transcendental schema as a third thing.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' | Norman Kemp SmithThere would be no difficulty with this subsumption if the objects and the conceptions of the understanding were the same in kind.
A History of Philosophy in Epitome | Albert Schwegler
British Dictionary definitions for subsumption
/ (səbˈsʌmpʃən) /
the act of subsuming or the state of being subsumed
Derived forms of subsumption
- subsumptive, adjective
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