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

In the preceding example, synonymous parallelism passes into simple enumeration.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)

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

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

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

Many an argument from simple enumeration may thus be turned into an induction of greater plausibility according to the Canon of Agreement.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth