- In
philosophy (particularly the
theory of categories), the
Porphyrian tree or Tree of
Porphyry is a
classic device for
illustrating a "scale of being"...
- Look up
porphyry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Porphyry (/ˈpɔːrfɪri/; Gr****: Πορφύριος,
Porphyrios "purple-clad") may
refer to:
Porphyry (geology)...
- universals. In
medieval textbooks, the all-important
Arbor porphyriana ("
Porphyrian Tree")
illustrates his
logical classification of substance. To this day...
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classification is the
predication of one
universal concerning another. The
Porphyrian, by
introducing species,
deals with the
predication of
universals concerning...
- all-important
Porphyrian tree
illustrates his
logical classification of substance. To this day,
taxonomy benefits from
concepts in the
Porphyrian tree in classifying...
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states that the ilan
should be
regarded as
primarily indebted to the
Porphyrian tree and maps of the
celestial spheres rather than to any speculative...
- B-tree
Dancing tree
Decision tree Left-child right-sibling
binary tree
Porphyrian tree Tree (data structure) Tree (graph theory) Tree (set theory) Related...
- of
universals Principle of
individuation Medieval music theory Square of
opposition Medieval syllogism Mode (music)
Porphyrian tree
Medieval dialectic...
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problematical topic to the
later neoplatonists." –
Andrew Smith, (1987),
Porphyrian Studies since 1913, ANRW II 36, 2. Remes, Pauliina,
Neoplatonism (University...
- Furthermore,
Crane argues that
Swift had to
study this type of
logic (see
Porphyrian Tree) in college, so it is
highly likely that he
intentionally inverted...
