colligation

American  

[kah-li-gay-shuhn] / ˌkɑ lɪˈgeɪ ʃən /

noun

plural

colligations

1. the act or process of colligating.

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Example Sentences

Dr. Whewell contends that, besides the sum of the facts, colligation introduces, as a principle of connection, a conception of the mind not existing in the facts.

From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by Stebbing, W. (William)

Dr. Whewell sets out this last operation, which he terms the colligation of facts, as induction, and even as the type of induction generally.

From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by Stebbing, W. (William)

The "colligation" of the facts, to use Whewell's phrase, is not a phenomenon, but a noumenon.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

But colligation simply sums up the facts observed, as seen under a new point of view.

From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by Stebbing, W. (William)

The colligation and classification of facts, then, we may regard as the two first steps, which are to be taken in the attainment of truth.'*

From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by Holyoake, George Jacob