ОБЪЁМ И СОДЕРЖАНИЕ ПОНЯТИЯ

Concept, Volume and Content of

Two interconnected sides of a concept. Volume is a class of objects generalised in a concept; content is the sum total (usually of essential) properties, according to which objects are generalised and singled out in the given concept.

By formulating the content of a concept we single out the identical (general) in objects of the given class; a characteristic of volume, i.e., differentiation of elements (objects which are carriers of the properties comprising the content) and parts (species, subclasses of the given class) brings out the difference between objects of the given class. There is a connection between content and volume expressed in formal logic by the law of inverse relation (see Inverse Relation, Law of).