categoricaladj.n.

/katɪˈɡɒrɪkəl/

Etymology: Formed as categoric adj. + -al suffix¹.

A. adj.

a. Logic. Of a proposition: Asserting absolutely or positively; not involving a condition or hypothesis; unqualified. categorical syllogism n. one consisting of categorical propositions.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > conditional or hypothetical > categorical or not conditional

categorical1598

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Categorico, categoricall, predicable.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Categoricall Axiome, a simple axiome or proposition, not compounded of any coniunction.

1638 D. Featley Transubstant. Exploded 88 Of our simple categoricall proposition, there can bee but one true sense.

1725 I. Watts Logick iii. ii. 449 Most..[conjunctive Syllogisms] may be transformed into categorical Syllogisms.

1827 R. Whately Logic in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) 206/1 The division of Propositions according to their substance; viz. into categorical and hypothetical.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xvi. 294 As used originally by Aristotle, the term categorical meant merely affirmative, and was opposed to negative. By Theophrastus it was employed in the sense of absolute..opposed to conditional; and in this signification it has continued to be employed by all subsequent logicians.

b. gen. Of a statement (or him who makes it): Direct, explicit, express, unconditional.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > dogmatic assertion > [adjective]

peremptory1575

categoricala1620

pronunciative1619

affirmative1650

thetical1653

categoric1678

round1701

plonking1950

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adjective] > defined, well-formed > of statement or speaker

utter1472

absolute?1504

peremptory1532

perfect1569

resolved1577

confident1611

categoricala1620

definitive1624

textuary1632

categorematical1654

categoric1678

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. ix. §1. 59 A simple and categoricall denying of it.

1657 O. Cromwell Speech 3 Apr. You do necessitate my answer to be categorical.

1696 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 83 On condition he give his categorical answer by the 18th instant.

1778 F. Burney Let. Sept. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 116 I could never persuade her to be categorical.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. v. i. 169 The ratification of the Ghent treaty..was in no wise distinct and categorical, but was made dependent on a crowd of deceitful subterfuges.

c. categorical imperative n. in the ethics of Kant, the absolute unconditional command of the moral law, a law given by the pure reason, and binding universally on every rational will.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > [noun] > absolute compulsion or obligation > action necessary in itself

categorical imperative1796

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [noun] > absolutely binding moral law

categorical imperative1796

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > idealism > [noun] > Kantianism > elements of

conception1701

schematism1794

categorical imperative1796

intuition1796

matter1796

receptivity1796

schema1796

dialectic1797

multifarious1798

reciprocity1799

form1803

synthesis1817

Anschauung1820

manifold?1822

category1829

modality1836

multiplex1836

predicable1838

multiple1839

multiplicity1839

presentmenta1842

elanguescence1855

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [noun] > imperativism and its adherents > in Kant

categorical imperative1796

1796 F. A. Nitsch Gen. View Kant's Princ. conc. Man 195 An Imperative..which is founded upon reason itself..is a Categorical Imperative which represents an action as necessary in itself.

1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (1873) 2nd Ser. 337 [Kant] spun a new [system of ethics]..out of his categorical imperative.

1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith ii. §2. 117 The categorical imperative of conscience.

1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. iv. 161 ‘The Categorical imperative’ (Duty, Conscience, Thou must).

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Oct. 2/2 The practical importance of the doctrine of the Divinity of Christ has always seemed to me to lie in the fact that it invests His teaching with the authority of the Categorical Imperative.

2. Logic. Of or belonging to the categories.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > Aristotelian > of elements of Aristotelianism

predicamentalc1600

transcendental1668

transcendent1706

third-man argument1801

categorical1817

prioristic1890

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 66 [It] will apply..to all the other eleven categorical forms.

B. n.

A categorical proposition or syllogism.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > conditional or hypothetical proposition > categorical proposition

categorical1619

categoric1677

1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (1630) 439 Reduce thy Hypothesis to a Categoricall; thus lies thy Proposition.

1827 R. Whately Elem. Logic ii. iv. §2 A hypothetical proposition is defined to be two or more categoricals united by a copula.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xvi. 303 The proximate canons by which Deductive Categoricals are regulated.

Derivatives

cateˈgoricalness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [noun] > state of being definite

categoricalness1672

definiteness1727

definitiveness1727

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 58 To find out the reason of his own Categoricalness.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 192 The word of Mr. Bayes's that he has made notorious is categoricalness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	categorical
释义	categoricaladj.n. /katɪˈɡɒrɪkəl/ Etymology: Formed as categoric adj. + -al suffix¹. A. adj. 1. a. Logic. Of a proposition: Asserting absolutely or positively; not involving a condition or hypothesis; unqualified. categorical syllogism n. one consisting of categorical propositions. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > conditional or hypothetical > categorical or not conditional categorical1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Categorico, categoricall, predicable. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Categoricall Axiome, a simple axiome or proposition, not compounded of any coniunction. 1638 D. Featley Transubstant. Exploded 88 Of our simple categoricall proposition, there can bee but one true sense. 1725 I. Watts Logick iii. ii. 449 Most..[conjunctive Syllogisms] may be transformed into categorical Syllogisms. 1827 R. Whately Logic in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) 206/1 The division of Propositions according to their substance; viz. into categorical and hypothetical. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xvi. 294 As used originally by Aristotle, the term categorical meant merely affirmative, and was opposed to negative. By Theophrastus it was employed in the sense of absolute..opposed to conditional; and in this signification it has continued to be employed by all subsequent logicians. b. gen. Of a statement (or him who makes it): Direct, explicit, express, unconditional. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > dogmatic assertion > [adjective] peremptory1575 categoricala1620 pronunciative1619 affirmative1650 thetical1653 categoric1678 round1701 plonking1950 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adjective] > defined, well-formed > of statement or speaker utter1472 absolute?1504 peremptory1532 perfect1569 resolved1577 confident1611 categoricala1620 definitive1624 textuary1632 categorematical1654 categoric1678 a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. ix. §1. 59 A simple and categoricall denying of it. 1657 O. Cromwell Speech 3 Apr. You do necessitate my answer to be categorical. 1696 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 83 On condition he give his categorical answer by the 18th instant. 1778 F. Burney Let. Sept. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 116 I could never persuade her to be categorical. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. v. i. 169 The ratification of the Ghent treaty..was in no wise distinct and categorical, but was made dependent on a crowd of deceitful subterfuges. c. categorical imperative n. in the ethics of Kant, the absolute unconditional command of the moral law, a law given by the pure reason, and binding universally on every rational will. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [noun] > absolute compulsion or obligation > action necessary in itself categorical imperative1796 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [noun] > absolutely binding moral law categorical imperative1796 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > idealism > [noun] > Kantianism > elements of conception1701 schematism1794 categorical imperative1796 intuition1796 matter1796 receptivity1796 schema1796 dialectic1797 multifarious1798 reciprocity1799 form1803 synthesis1817 Anschauung1820 manifold?1822 category1829 modality1836 multiplex1836 predicable1838 multiple1839 multiplicity1839 presentmenta1842 elanguescence1855 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [noun] > imperativism and its adherents > in Kant categorical imperative1796 1796 F. A. Nitsch Gen. View Kant's Princ. conc. Man 195 An Imperative..which is founded upon reason itself..is a Categorical Imperative which represents an action as necessary in itself. 1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (1873) 2nd Ser. 337 [Kant] spun a new [system of ethics]..out of his categorical imperative. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith ii. §2. 117 The categorical imperative of conscience. 1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. iv. 161 ‘The Categorical imperative’ (Duty, Conscience, Thou must). 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Oct. 2/2 The practical importance of the doctrine of the Divinity of Christ has always seemed to me to lie in the fact that it invests His teaching with the authority of the Categorical Imperative. 2. Logic. Of or belonging to the categories. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > Aristotelian > of elements of Aristotelianism predicamentalc1600 transcendental1668 transcendent1706 third-man argument1801 categorical1817 prioristic1890 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 66 [It] will apply..to all the other eleven categorical forms. B. n. A categorical proposition or syllogism. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > conditional or hypothetical proposition > categorical proposition categorical1619 categoric1677 1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (1630) 439 Reduce thy Hypothesis to a Categoricall; thus lies thy Proposition. 1827 R. Whately Elem. Logic ii. iv. §2 A hypothetical proposition is defined to be two or more categoricals united by a copula. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xvi. 303 The proximate canons by which Deductive Categoricals are regulated. Derivatives cateˈgoricalness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [noun] > state of being definite categoricalness1672 definiteness1727 definitiveness1727 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 58 To find out the reason of his own Categoricalness. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 192 The word of Mr. Bayes's that he has made notorious is categoricalness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1598
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