LessonsDefinitions in Logic: Complete and Incomplete Ḥadd and RasmQuiz

The source gives two forms of ḥadd nāqiṣ: a remote genus with the proximate differentia, as in “rational body,” or the proximate differentia alone, as in “rational.” Both include the essential differentiating factor but lack the full proximate-genus structure of the complete ḥadd.

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Two forms of an incomplete essential definition

Definitions in Logic: Complete and Incomplete Ḥadd and Rasm

The source gives two forms of ḥadd nāqiṣ: a remote genus with the proximate differentia, as in “rational body,” or the proximate differentia alone, as in “rational.” Both include the essential differentiating factor but lack the full proximate-genus structure of the complete ḥadd.