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subsumption

noun as in inclusion

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Thinking is subsumption—just placing a particular proposition under its universal.

The act of recognition is a subsumption of the object under a class by use of the second figure of the syllogism.

The subsumption of the condition of another possible judgement under the condition of the rule is the minor.

It leads Kant to describe schematism as a process of subsumption, and to speak of the transcendental schema as a third thing.

There would be no difficulty with this subsumption if the objects and the conceptions of the understanding were the same in kind.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to subsumption, such as: admittance, formation, incorporation, involvement, composition, and embodiment.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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