单词 | genetic definition |
释义 | > as lemmasgenetic definition genetic definition n. Logic definition of a thing in terms of its origin, formation, or antecedents; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > meaning > [noun] > definition nominal definition1697 genetic definitiona1856 ostensive definition1921 ostension1939 stipulative definition1950 a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. xxiv. 13 In Genetic Definitions the defined subject is considered as in the progress to be, as becoming (γιγνομενον) the notion, therefore, has to be made, and is the result of the definition, which is consequently synthetic, that is, places in the predicate or defining member more than is given in the subject or member defined. 1884 tr. H. Lotze Logic 167 ‘Let a straight line revolve in one plane about one of its extremities, and combine the successive positions of the other extremity’:—that is a genetic definition of a circle. 1958 Rev. Politics 20 94 Thirdly, that the present behavior of objects could be explained in terms of their antecedents, that is, by genetic definition. 1993 N. Callaos & B. de Callaos in C. M. Reigeluth et al. Comprehensive Syst. Design 122 The causal definition, also called genetic definition, produces the reality designated by the ‘definiendum’. < as lemmas |
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