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Illation

noun
1.
The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation.  Synonym: inference.





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"Illation" Quotes from Famous Books



... Aristotle, is "the progression from singulars to universals."[699] It is an illation of the universal from the singular as legitimated by the laws of thought. All knowledge, therefore, begins with singulars—that is, with individual objects. And inasmuch as all knowledge begins with ...
— Christianity and Greek Philosophy • Benjamin Franklin Cocker


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