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A specifically defined division in a system of classification; a class.
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A general class of ideas, terms, or things that mark divisions or coordinations within a conceptual scheme, especially:
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Aristotle's modes of objective being, such as quality, quantity, or relation, that are inherent in everything.
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Kant's modes of subjective understanding, such as singularity, universality, or particularity, that organize perceptions into knowledge.
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A basic logical type of philosophical conception in post-Kantian philosophy.
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