Canon (basic principle)

Short description: Group of official, authentic or approved rules or laws

The term canon derives from the Greek κανών (kanon), meaning "rule", and thence via Latin and Old French into English.[1] The concept in English usage is very broad: in a general sense it refers to being one (adjectival) or a group (noun) of official, authentic or approved rules or laws, particularly ecclesiastical; or group of official, authentic, or approved literary or artistic works, such as the literature of a particular author, of a particular genre, or a particular group of religious scriptural texts;[2] or similarly, one or a body of rules, principles, or standards accepted as axiomatic and universally binding in a religion, or a field of study or art.[3]

## Examples

This principle of grouping has led to more specific uses of the word in different contexts, such as the Biblical canon (which a particular religious community regards as authoritative) and thence to literary canons (of a particular "body of literature in a particular language, or from a particular culture, period, genre").[1]

W.C Sayers (1915–1916) established a system of canons of library classification.[4]

S. R. Ranganathan developed a theory of facet analysis, which he presented as a detailed series of 46 canons, 13 postulates and 22 principles.[5]

There is also the concept of the canons of rhetoric, including five key principles that, when grouped together, are the principles set for giving speeches.[6]

## See also

* Axiom: a statement that is taken to be true, to serve as a starting point for further reasoning and arguments.
* Canon (disambiguation)
* Religion:Canon law - Set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority
* Norm: concepts (sentences) of practical import, oriented to effecting an action
* Principle: rule that has to be followed or is an inevitable consequence of something, such as the laws observed in nature
* Rule of inference: in logic, a logical form consisting of a function which takes premises, analyzes their syntax, and returns a conclusion (or conclusions)
* Rhetoric: the art of persuasion. The five canons of rhetoric or phases of developing a persuasive speech were first codified in classical Rome: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.
* Western canon: the body of literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that is highly valued in Western culture

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Canon". Canon. Oxford English Dictionary.
2. ↑ . Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers. 2019.
3. ↑ . Dictionary.com, LL. 2019.
4. ↑ Sayers, W.C. (1915–1916). Canons of classification applied to "The subject", "The expansive", "The decimal" and "The Library of Congress" classifications: A study in bibliographical classification method. Lindon: Grafton.
5. ↑ Spiteri, Louise (1998). "Prolegomena to library classification: A Simplified Model for Facet Analysis: Ranganathan 101". Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science 23 (1–2): 1–30. http://archive.iainstitute.org/en/learn/research/a_simplified_model_for_facet_analysis.php.
6. ↑ Toye, Richard (2013). Rhetoric A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-965136-8.

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