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synthesis

synthesis

2 7.4
A way of thinking that moves from general rules to specific cases
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪnθəsɪs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : deducción
  • Using synthesis, she applied general principles of philosophy to analyze specific moral dilemmas.
  • synthesis and analysis
  • synthesis and evaluation

You know, for example, I've mentioned the thesis, antithesis, synthesis thing.

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Examples

  • In this example, the system uses synthesis to compute j from the constraint i = 2 * j + 1.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Schemas in the experiential system are assumed to represent generalizations based upon the synthesis of emotionally significant experiences.

    Academic text (1998)
  • We have presented the general idea of turning decision procedures into synthesis procedures.

    Academic text (2012)
  • If they are just traditional or pragmatic, however, such a synthesis seems less likely.

    Academic text (1993)
  • An effective course requires a logical framework to enhance the synthesis of the concepts and materials.

    Academic text (1995)
  • We begin by reviewing the five models and then present the logic of our conceptual synthesis.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Some epistemological synthesis or compromise, for example, occurs in many collaborative endeavors.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Under this assumption, automatic skills include lower-level cognitive processes such as perception, memory, analysis, and synthesis.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Hence, his critiques had a dialectical quality and aimed at a kind of intellectual synthesis.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Items on the test were generated using Bloom's Taxonomy levels of learning: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.

    Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

deduction
vssynthesis
31 4.1

A conclusion reached by using reasoning and evidence

is specifically about applying general principles to particular cases
deductive reasoning
vssynthesis
6 5.9

To use general rules to reach a specific conclusion about one case

is the same idea but used as a single broader philosophical label

Antonyms

3.4

Careful study of something by breaking it into parts to understand

Compounds

A way of joining different ideas and images in your mind into one clear picture

Surface Forms

synthesis singular
syntheses plural

Morphology

synthesis = thesis (semi-transparent) = syn + thesis

The construction 'syn-' + 'thesis' can be interpreted as 'bringing propositions together', but for learners familiar with 'thesis' as 'dissertation' the philosophical/logical sense may not be fully obvious.

Etymology

Synthesis comes from Greek parts syn- 'together' and thesis 'to put'. In logic and philosophy it means 'putting together' general ideas to make a specific conclusion, so the origin explains why synthesis moves from broad principles to a concrete result.