differentia
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It has also been called by some the differentia numerica, and by Scotists the haecceitas.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
Being without a serviceable differentia, he is unable to mark off the field of psychology from contiguous territory.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode
A. All engraving must be cut work;—that is its differentia.
From Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving by John Ruskin
This was the object of logicians when they laid down that a species must be defined per genus et differentiam, meaning by the differentia one attribute included in the essence, i.e. in the connotation.
From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by W. (William) Stebbing
It is presupposed, of course, that the behavior with which psychology is concerned is of a distinctive sort; but the differentia is unfortunately the very thing that the "behaviorist" has hitherto left out of account.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode
All people can see this; but not all people can see further, or define the differentiae.
From Thoughts on Religion by Charles Gore
But it is also essential to the understanding of this thesis that the differentiae of the hereditary factor should be clearly grasped.
From Evolution in Modern Thought by August Weismann
Some few diseases are, however, unequivocally referred to as infectious in a limited number of passages, e. g. ophthalmia, scabies, and phthisis in the περι διαφορας πυρετων, On the differentiae of fevers, K. vii, p.
From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by R.W. Livingstone
Similarly the differentiae are predicated of the species and of the individuals.
From The Categories by E. M. Edghill
Similarly, the definition of the differentiae will be applicable to the species and to the individuals.
From The Categories by E. M. Edghill
