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‖ fundamentum divisionis Logic.|fʌndəˈmɛntəm dɪvɪʒɪˈeʊnɪs|
Pl. -menta |-ˈmɛntə|.
[L., = foundation or basis of division.]
The principle or basis of logical division of a genus into its constituent species.
1849W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 2) 134 The division must be made according to one principle (fundamentum divisionis). 1870W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic xii. 105 The size of the books is in this case the ground, basis, or principle of division, commonly called the Fundamentum Divisionis. 1906H. W. B. Joseph Introd. Logic v. 104 The fundamentum divisionis, the principle or basis of a division, is that aspect of the genus, in respect of which the species are differentiated. 1956J. O. Urmson Philos. Analysis v. 68 The distinction ‘positive-negative’ has a different fundamentum divisionis from the distinction ‘particular-general’. |
