Totality (of instances)

Hegel (theory of judgment, quantity)

Totality (empirical universality) is a form of the universal judgment (Ch. 10.8.C). It rests on the (potentially infinite) enumeration of all individual cases ("All swans in this lake are white") and is therefore susceptible to the problem of induction. It differs from conceptual universality, which follows from the essence of the matter ("All humans are mortal").

Origin

Universal; Judgment; Judgments of quantity; Induction

In Hegel

Enc. §104 (Quantity); Enc. §176 (Judgment)