Ampliative (from Latin ''ampliare'', "to enlarge"), a term used mainly in
logic
Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the study of deductively valid inferences or logical truths. It examines how conclusions follow from premises based on the structure o ...
, meaning "extending" or "adding to that which is already known".
This terminology was often used by
medieval logicians in the analyses of the temporal content of their subject terms.
There were three rules outlined in its usage:
# Common terms in a sentence only represent present things when they stand with a non-ampliating verb about the present;
# A common term standing in a sentence with a verb about the past is able to stand for present and past things; and,
# The common term standing with a verb about the future can indifferently stand for present and future things.
There are Roman texts that refer to it as ''ampliatio''.
In
Norman law
Norman law (, , ) refers to the customary law of the Duchy of Normandy which developed between the 10th and 13th centuries and which survives today in the legal systems of Jersey and the other Channel Islands. It grew out of a mingling of Frankish ...
, an ampliation was a postponement of a
sentence in order to obtain further
evidence
Evidence for a proposition is what supports the proposition. It is usually understood as an indication that the proposition is truth, true. The exact definition and role of evidence vary across different fields. In epistemology, evidence is what J ...
.
See also
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Supposition
Supposition theory was a branch of medieval logic that was probably aimed at giving accounts of issues similar to modern accounts of reference, plurality, tense, and modality, within an Aristotelian context. Philosophers such as John Buridan, ...
Notes
Legal terminology
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