Synechism (from Greek συνεχής synechḗs, `continuous` + -ism, from σύν syn, `together` + ἔχειν échein>, `to have`, `to hold`), a philosophical term proposed by C. S. Peirce to express the tendency to regard things such as space, time, and law as continuous: His synechism holds that the essential feature in philosophic spe...
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(Gr. syn, with; and echein, to hold) A theory of philosophical explanation developed, and first named by C. S. Peirce (Monist, II, 534). He defined the theory as: 'That tendency of philosophical thought which insists upon the idea of continuity as of prime importance in philosophy, and in particular, upon the necessity of hypothesis involving true....
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a doctrine of philosophical thinking stressing the importance of the idea of continuity: named and advocated by C. S. Peirce.
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