The book treats the joining of known concepts to clarify an unknown conception as definition and calls the clarifying expression a mu'arrif (definiens).
Suppose someone asks what a triangle is. A helpful answer is: a plane figure bounded by three straight sides.
Familiar concepts such as plane figure, side, and three are combined to clarify the unknown concept. Definition addresses the question: what is this thing?
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Nazar, Fikr and the Definition of Logic
The book treats the joining of known concepts to clarify an unknown conception as definition and calls the clarifying expression a mu'arrif (definiens).
Suppose someone asks what a triangle is. A helpful answer is: a plane figure bounded by three straight sides.
Familiar concepts such as plane figure, side, and three are combined to clarify the unknown concept. Definition addresses the question: what is this thing?