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Goclenian, a. Logic. (gəʊˈkliːnɪən) [f. Goclenius (see below) + -an.] Epithet of a variety of the Sorites first formulated by Rudolf Goclenius (1547–1628), otherwise called the descending sorites, opposed to the Aristotelian or ascending sorites. (See sorites.)
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Goclenius' crowning achievement is his original contribution made to term logic, called the Goclenian Sorites. Rudolph Goclenius did not invent the Goclenian Sorites: St.
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‖ sorites (səˈraɪtiːz) [L. sōrītēs, ad. Gr. σωρείτης, f. σωρ-ός a heap.] 1. Logic. ‘A series of propositions, in which the predicate of each is the subject of the next, the conclusion being formed of the first subject and the last predicate’ (Mansel). In the Goclenian form, ‘the subject of each prop...
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