Differentiae

Word DIFFERENTIAE
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What do we mean by differentiae?

A distinguishing feature which marks a species off from other members of the same genus.

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The word "differentiae" in example sentences

The features that specifically make an object the kind of substance that it is, are called differentiae, and Aristotle says the differentia also is not in a subject. ❋ Robinson, Howard (2004)

If G1 and G2 are coordinate genera, then G1's differentiae will be different in kind from G2's differentiae. ❋ Jonathan Aquino (2009)

If G1 is superordinate to G2, then G1's differentiae will be a subset of G2's differentiae. ❋ Jonathan Aquino (2009)

As a result, if being (or unity) were a genus, no differentiae could be said to have being (or to be one); but “the differentiae of any genus must each of them both have being and be one” (Metaphysics 998b22-3). ❋ Thomasson, Amie (2009)

This proposal shows how a long string of differentiae in a definition can be reduced to one, but it does not solve the problem of the unity of definition. ❋ Cohen, S. Marc (2008)

— The Epilogue: The importance of differentiae ... ❋ Frank Wilson (2008)

Quisve aut qualis sit humor aut quae istius differentiae, et quomodo gignantur in corpore, scrutandum, hac enim re multi veterum laboraverunt, nec facile accipere ex Galeno sententiam ob loquendi varietatem. ❋ Unknown (2007)

“Situation ethicists” of the last generation (e.g. Fletcher 1997) emphasized the importance of taking into account a wide range of circumstantial differentiae, but against the background of some general principles whose application the differentiae help sort out. ❋ Richardson, Henry S. (2007)

The differentiae of specific emotions are not physiological, but cognitive or something else. ❋ De Sousa, Ronald (2007)

Indeed, when Aristotle lists the species, he does not follow his usual procedure and provide the differentiae that distinguish them. ❋ Studtmann, Paul (2007)

If there are such differentiae, we should expect that habits and dispositions, for instance, can be defined as such and such a quality. ❋ Studtmann, Paul (2007)

I 4-5, in PA I 4, but only after he has introduced a new way of thinking about differentiae and division. ❋ Lennox, James (2006)

To avoid the problems created by this dichotomous and arbitrary method, Aristotle recommends a method that divides each differentia by determinate forms of that differentia, and does so simultaneously on as many differentiae as are correlated at a given level of universality. ❋ Lennox, James (2006)

Pure sensations, according to Wundt, display three differentiae: quality, intensity, and “feeling-tone” ❋ Kim, Alan (2006)

An interesting feature of this extended criticism of dichotomous, arbitrary division and the development of a systematic, multi-differentiae alternative is that it takes for granted the ❋ Lennox, James (2006)

Then I turn over in my mind the list of topical differentiae and I see that the differentia ❋ Marenbon, John (2005)

It may, therefore, be helpful to my French readers if I attempt to indicate very briefly what I regard as the main differentiae of my approach. ❋ Unknown (2003)

But it has been supposed (see Tarán 1981) that it implies that Speusippus differentiated species of animals on the basis of features that would not have counted as differentiae in Aristotle's way of classifying animals: differences of locale. ❋ Dancy, Russell (2003)

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