Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of an instance or example; illustrating by instances.
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Examples
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It would follow, then, that most ordinary names are instantial terms.
Relative Identity Deutsch, Harry 2007
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An example of an instantial term in natural language would be occurrences of ˜n™ when one supposes that
Anaphora King, Jeffrey C. 2005
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In systems of natural deduction, instantial terms are the singular terms that are introduced in applications of existential instantiation and eliminated in applications of universal generalization.
Anaphora King, Jeffrey C. 2005
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We shall leave this question open for the time being but suggest that it may be worthwhile to view names such as ˜Oscar™ as instantial terms ” terms introduced into discourse by means of existential instantiation.
Relative Identity Deutsch, Harry 2007
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CDQ has been applied to the instantial terms of a certain range of systems of natural deduction. [
Anaphora King, Jeffrey C. 2005
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