Sentence examples for method of division from inspiring English sources

Aristotle proposes a solution that applies to definitions reached by the "method of division".

He criticises the method of division, for example, in Parts of Animals (I, 2-3).

Buridan characterises 'division' as the separation of a whole into its parts (SD, 8.1.2), and distinguishes various kinds of division, one kind being the division of a genus into its species, which was Plato's method of division.

Although many have criticised the method of division, most notably, Ryle (1966), who wished to distinguish it from genuine philosophy or dialectic, it does seem that, properly understood, it forms the heart of Plato's later methodology.

The interconnections between these alone are complex; but there were other influential conceptions in antiquity as well most notably, Galen's amalgam of previous methodologies in the context of medicine, and the Neoplatonists' theological transformation of Plato's method of division.

The first is resolution as a kind of division, understood as a process of decomposition, modelled on the movement down a classificatory tree in Plato's method of division, whereby a genus is 'broken down' into its constituent species.

For this purpose, he generalized the traditional Chinese methods of division of the circle, using continued proportions (geometric sequences such as ax, ax2, ax3…) and an algebraic language based on analogy with arithmetic operations.

The methods of "division" (Greek: diairesis, Latin: divisio) and "collection" (Greek: sunairesis, Latin: collectio) have their roots in Plato's later dialogues, and they are common in Ancient Neoplatonic and Aristotelian treatises on logic.

Data was extracted for each of the selected studies based on the following outcomes: study design, sample size, and age at start of treatment, whether there were extractions, and method of class II division 1 treatment.

The angler introduces the method of dichotomous division, and the definition of the angler recounts the steps on one side of that division.

The earliest plants undoubtedly evolved from an aquatic green algal ancestor (as evidenced by similarities in pigmentation, cell-wall chemistry, biochemistry, and method of cell division), and different plant groups have become adapted to terrestrial life to varying degrees.