Definition and Induction: A Historical and Comparative StudyDefinition is an important scientific and philosophical method. In all kinds of scientific and philosophical inquiries definition is provided to make clear the characteristics of the things under investigation. Definition in this sense, sometimes called real definition, should state the essence of the thing defined, according to Aristotle. In another (currently popular) sense, sometimes called nominal definition, definition explicates the meaning of a term already in use in an ordinary language or the scientific discourse or specifies the meaning of a new term introduced in an ordinary language of the scientific discourse. Definition combines the purposes of both real and nominal definition and is promoted by the Nyaya philosophers of India. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
PART | 7 |
The Stoic View of Definition | 25 |
The Epicurean Attack on Definition | 33 |
The Nyaya View of Definition | 39 |
PART | 65 |
Epicurus on Methods | 83 |
Stoic and Later Epicurean Views on Sign | 93 |
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Definition and Induction: A Historical and Comparative Study Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti No preview available - 1995 |