Because the middle term in a scientific syllogism must express the real definition carrying causal power, its universality is grounded in essence, not in the mind's abstractive operation over a sample.
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A term that mediates between the subject and predicate of a two-place judgment and serves as the cause explaining why the predicate belongs to the subject; its discovery constitutes scientific knowledge.
real definition(Fine extends essence talk to real definition generally; e.g., the real definition of 2 is that it is the successor of 1, not merely that it equals 10-8)
A definition that states what a thing fundamentally is, as opposed to merely a necessarily co-extensional description.
scientific syllogism(as used in logic and philosophy of science)
A three-part logical argument used in science where two premises lead to a conclusion, specifically one that explains *why* something is true rather than just that it is true.
universality(Distinguishing the nature as such from its mode of universality)
Not a constitutive mark of the common nature itself, but its unique and inseparable property