Megumi@Ibaraki
distributively
"...when an argument contains a premise in which a term is used collectively and a conclusion in which it is used distributively."
Could you explain the meaning of the word "distributively" in comparison to "collectively"?
May 27, 2013 12:46 PM
Answers · 3
Collectively, my brother, my mother and I weigh 400 lbs.
Distributively, my brother weighs 150 lbs, I weigh 150 lbs, and my mother weighs 100 lbs.
May 27, 2013
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