Implicit

Referring to ideas that logically follow from the idea(s) at hand.

Distinguished from Inexplicit by structure rather than content. An implicit idea is entailed by what is already known — it follows logically but may not yet be recognized. An inexplicit idea, by contrast, is held but not articulated.

Connections

• •Distinguished from Inexplicit — implicit means logically entailed; inexplicit means unarticulated
• •Related to Explicit — implicit ideas can be made explicit through logical derivation
• •Criticism can reveal implicit consequences of a theory
• •Conjectures may have implicit implications not yet discovered
• •Related to Reach — explanations may have implicit reach beyond their origin