ADJECTIVE | all | synthetical, synthetic | involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis |
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all | synthetical, synthetic | of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation / observation or facts |
Meaning | Involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis. | |
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Synonym | synthetic | |
Opposite | analytic, analytical | Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) |
Spanish | sintético | |
Catalan | sintètic | |
Nouns | synthesis | the combination of ideas into a complex whole / whole |
synthesis | reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) | |
synthesis | the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds) |
Meaning | Of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation / observation or facts. | |
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Synonym | synthetic | |
Category | logic | The branch of philosophy that analyzes inference |
See also | a posteriori | Involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes |
inductive | Of reasoning | |
logical | capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning | |
Opposite | analytic, analytical | Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience |
Spanish | sintético | |
Catalan | sintètic |
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