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1. ampliative, adj. View full entry 1852
...Having the function of enlarging or extending a simple conception, or adding to what is already known....
2. conceptualism, n. View full entry 1837-8
...The scholastic doctrine that universals (genera and species) exist as mental concepts (only): a compromise between Realism which attributed to them real existence, and Nominalism which made them mere ...
3. convertend, n. View full entry a1856
...The name given by Hamilton to the proposition to be converted, or as it stands before conversion; see convert4b....
4. cosmothetic, adj. View full entry a1856
...That posits or assumes an external world. ...
5. determinism, n. View full entry 1846
...The philosophical doctrine that human action is not free but necessarily determined by motives, which are regarded as external forces acting upon the will....
6. diallelon, n. View full entry a1856
...Definition in a circle, i.e. definition by means of a term which is itself defined by the defined word....
7. diallelus, n. View full entry a1856
...Reasoning in a circle; i.e. endeavouring to establish a conclusion by means of a proposition which is itself dependent on the said conclusion....
8. dilemmatic, adj. View full entry a1856
...Of the nature of, or relating to, a dilemma....
9. generification, n. View full entry 1852
...The action or process of making something more widely applicable, or representative of a larger group; an instance of this....
10. gnostology, n. View full entry 1846
...= gnosiology...
11. hypostatize, v. View full entry 1829
...trans. To make into or treat as a substance; = hypostasize...
12. hypothetico-disjunctive, adj. View full entry a1856
...Combining the ‘hypothetical’ (conjunctive) and disjunctive forms of statement: applied to a conditional proposition of which the consequent is disjunctive (e.g. If A is B, C is either D or E); also...
13. indesignate, adj. View full entry 1844
...Not quantified, indefinite. Also absol. as ...
14. indistributable, adj. View full entry 1847
...That cannot be distributed: see distribute...
15. monist, n. and adj. View full entry a1856
...A person who holds or advocates a doctrine or theory of monism (in any sense)....
16. † monosyllogism, n. View full entry a1856
...A syllogism seen as a single, independent piece of reasoning....
17. † monosyllogistic, adj. View full entry a1856
...Of or relating to a monosyllogism....
18. non-ego, n. View full entry 1829
...That which is not the ego or conscious self; the object (object5), as opposed to the conscious thinking subject. Cf. not-I, not-self...
19. non-egoistical, adj. View full entry 1842
...Relating to or concerned with the non-ego (Philos.); not self-regarding, not prompted by self-interest....
20. non-substantialist, n. and adj. View full entry a1856
...A person who holds the doctrine that there is no substance underlying phenomena; = nihilist1....
