LessonsSix Kinds of Signification and the Three Modes of Verbal ConventionQuiz

التضمنية، وهي أن يدل اللفظ على جزء المعنى الموضوع له
Taḍammun is a word indicating a part of the meaning for which it was assigned.

“Human” conventionally signifies “rational animal.” If the intended signified is only animality or only rationality, the signification is inclusion, since either is a component of the full concept.

A component of a meaning is not necessarily a physical piece of an object. The components of a definition must be distinguished from bodily parts.

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Taḍammun: a component of the meaning

Six Kinds of Signification and the Three Modes of Verbal Convention

التضمنية، وهي أن يدل اللفظ على جزء المعنى الموضوع له
Taḍammun is a word indicating a part of the meaning for which it was assigned.

“Human” conventionally signifies “rational animal.” If the intended signified is only animality or only rationality, the signification is inclusion, since either is a component of the full concept.

A component of a meaning is not necessarily a physical piece of an object. The components of a definition must be distinguished from bodily parts.