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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 294 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SYNECHISM (from Gr. vvveXis, continuous, from crap, ex'ty, to hold together) , a philosophical See also:term proposed by C. S. See also:Peirce (Monist, ii. 534) to See also:express the See also:general theory that the essential feature in philosophic See also:speculation is continuity. It is specially directed to the question of See also:hypothesis, and holds that a hypothesis is justifiable only on the ground that it provides an explanation. All understanding of facts consists in generalizing concerning them. The fact that some things are ultimate may be recognized by the synechist without abandoning his standpoint, since synechism is a normative or regulative principle, not a theory of existence. The See also:adjective " synechological " is used in the same general sense; " synechology " is a theory of continuity or universal See also:causation; " synechia " is a term in See also:ophthalmology for a morbid See also:union of parts.

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