nomology
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Formed as nom- + -o- + -logy, by analogy with the French nomologie.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /nəʊˈmɒləd͡ʒi/, /nəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]nomology (countable and uncountable, plural nomologies)
- The study of laws
- The study of general physical and logical laws
- The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology.
- 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
- This nomology has obtained the name of Logic among other appellations, but not from Aristotle
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