Definition of Analogism

1. n. an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.

Definition of Analogism

1. Noun. (logic) An argument from cause to effect; an a priori argument. ¹

2. Noun. investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Analogism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Analogism

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Literary usage of Analogism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Outlines of Analogical Philosophy: Being a Primary View of the Principles by George Field (1839)
"We might expatiate on the extent and variety of the practical analogism, of which our applications in other places may serve as illustrations; ..."

2. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1839)
"5. The definition, and some properties of tin? same arithmetical proportion.—6, 7. The definition and transmutations of analogism, or the same geometrical ..."

3. The Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1818)
"In this the analogism resembles the syllogism, it is categorical, ... The THEORETICAL analogism from two equal relatives or extremes concludes their equal ..."

4. History of Medicine from the Earliest Ages to the Commencement of the by Robley Dunglison (1872)
"This was analogism, or a comparison between the existing case and similar ones. As Serapion had ranked this third method amongst the number of the ..."

5. The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine (1847)
"... or analogism, or the induction derivable from the two former sources. A. The Autopsy.—The Empirics were so fully convinced of the truth of the axiom of ..."

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