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no·mol·o·gy

(nō-mŏl′ə-jē)
n.
The theoretical study of metaphysical, logical, divine, or human laws.

[Greek nomos, law; see nem- in Indo-European roots + -logy.]

nom′o·log′ic (nŏm′ə-lŏj′ĭk, nō′mə-), nom′o·log′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
nom′o·log′i·cal·ly adv.
no·mol′o·gist n.
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nomological

(ˌnɒməˈlɒdʒɪkəl) or

nomologic

adj
1. (Law) of or relating to nomology
2. (Philosophy) stating or relating to a nonlogical necessity or law of nature. The difference between a nomological and a merely universal statement is that from the universal all As are Bs one cannot, but from the nomological all As must be Bs one can, infer the counterfactual if this were an A it would (have to) be a B
ˌnomoˈlogically adv
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Translations
nomologisch
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To sum it up, Katz believes (1) that analytic truths are logically, not just nomologically, necessary, (2) that (some) analytic truths are logically determined by natural languages, and (3) that something necessary in this sense cannot be logically determined by something concrete and contingent.
Nomologically, the RICH is a mental precursor that brings about the acquisition, protection, and development of resources.
Nomological covariation: Xs nomologically covary with concept C when Xs cause tokens of C in all proximate possible worlds where one possesses that concept.
[4] However, at the same time that it facilitates comparisons, the DSM's exclusive focus on symptoms undermines scientific research by separating diseases that might be symptomatically different but nomologically similar, or vice-versa.
It can be concluded, therefore, that our model is nomologically valid since these fit indices are satisfactory.
Chief among his arguments is the suggestion that events can be nomologically and counterfactually related without being causally related.
For the sake of the argument, Casullo's claim that we may know certain counterfactuals in an empirical way and thereby gain epistemic access to some nearby, nomologically possible worlds is conceded.
For instance, in the scenario mentioned above, the calculator could show that the criminal intention stayed with X ever since he had formed it and that prepunishment did not alter its intensity in any way; this, however, does not mean that prepunishment had no influence on it, since it is possible that the intention in question could have faded away at some point after t0 had X not been prepunished at t0 (of course, given determinism, it is a metaphysical "could" rather than a nomological "could," but the problem is that we do not know whether what precludes it from being nomologically actualizable is X's character or the actions of the judges).
These aspects are nomologically necessary for species classification and reidentification.
These studies were nomologically coded based on these categories to identify salient study features.

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