Logical Definition   

Logical Definition

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce
Logical Definition
1902 | Logical | DPP 2:28; CP 2:543

Logical definition. A strict definition by genus and specific difference. Ockham and his followers objected to the designation on the ground that the logician, as such, had no occasion to define any ordinary term, such as “man” (Tractatus logicæ, Pt. I, chap. xxvi).