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

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

As a matter of fact, we have ideas that are not copies of any one impression, but a binding together, colligation, or intellection of several impressions.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, 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

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)

We have evidence collected in proof of these dogmas; by and by a colligation of facts in antagonism with them; and eventually a consequent modification.

From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert