inferring

English

Verb

inferring

1. present participle and gerund of infer

Noun

inferring (plural inferrings)

1. The act of one who infers something; the drawing of an inference.
   • 2015, Jacob Joshua Ross, The Appeal to the Given: A Study in Epistemology, page 141:

     But since, according to Ryle, inferrings and intuitings are not distinct mental 'processes' at all, it seems to follow that counting, multiplying, etc., cannot be complex mental processes built up out of them.

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• infringer