The two forms of incomplete essential definition do not supply exactly the same amount of information, although both share the same classification.
“Rational body” provides a remote genus and the proximate differentia, but omits the proximate genus “animal.”
“Rational” provides only the differentia and does not name any genus.
Incomplete does not mean false or useless. It means that the structure required for the complete essential definition has not been fully supplied.
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Definition and Its Four Forms: Complete/Incomplete Essential and Descriptive Definitions
The two forms of incomplete essential definition do not supply exactly the same amount of information, although both share the same classification.
“Rational body” provides a remote genus and the proximate differentia, but omits the proximate genus “animal.”
“Rational” provides only the differentia and does not name any genus.
Incomplete does not mean false or useless. It means that the structure required for the complete essential definition has not been fully supplied.