CONSILIENCE

Etymology

Noun

consilience (countable and uncountable, plural consiliences)

(logic) The concurrence of multiple inductions drawn from different data sets. [from 1840]

Synonym: coincidence

The agreement, co-operation, or overlap of academic disciplines.

Source: Wiktionary


Con*sil"i*ence, n. Etym: [con- + salire to leap.]

Definition: Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence. The consilience of inductions takes place when one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from another different class. Whewell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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