(in the philosophy of Kant) a rule or principle that enables the understanding to apply its categories and unify experience
universal succession is the schema of causality
3. psychology
a mental model of aspects of the world or of the self that is structured in such a way as to facilitate the processes of cognition and perception
4. logic
an expression using metavariables that may be replaced by object language expressions to yield a well-formed formula. Thus A = A is an axiom schema for identity, representing the infinite number of axioms, x = x, y = y, z = z, etc
Word origin
C19: from Greek: form
Examples of 'schemata' in a sentence
schemata
In human society, the schemata can be laws, customs, myths, or institutions.