- In
scholastic logic,
differentia (also
called differentia specifica) is one of the predicables; it is that part of a
definition which is
predicable in...
- A genus–
differentia definition is a type of
intensional definition, and it is
composed of two parts: a
genus (or family): An
existing definition that...
-
category by a
distinguishing characteristic (i.e. the
differentia). More formally, a genus–
differentia definition consists of: a
genus (or family): An existing...
- in
terms of
nearest kind (genus proximum) and
specific differences (
differentia specifica). This genus-difference
description may be
involved in producing...
- than a
sharp flavor)
Distinct differentia (sharp note,
sharp flavor,
different differentiae) As
species or
differentia (color of a body,
versus clarity...
- therefore, "haecceity"
properly means the
irreducible individuating differentia which together with the
specific essence (i.e. quiddity) constitutes...
- divisions,
which indicate that a
species is
defined by a
genus and a
differentia and that this
logical process continues until the
lowest species is reached...
-
genus of a thing, we
subsume it
under a
higher universal, of
which it is a species. The Five
Predicables Differentia Genus–
differentia definition v t e...
- Genus-
differentia definitions, of
which he was the
first recorded proponent,
requires that its
subject be
defined through its
genus and a
differentia. But...
-
actual house,
namely 'covering for
bodies and chattels' or any
other differentia that let us
define something as a house. The
formula that
gives the components...
