Schema (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural sche·ma·ta [skee-muh-tuh or, sometimes, skee-mah-tuh, ski-], /ˈski mə tə or, sometimes, skiˈmɑ tə, skɪ-/, sche·mas.
  1. a diagram, plan, or scheme.
  2. an underlying organizational pattern or structure; conceptual framework:A schema provides the basis by which someone relates to the events they experience.
  3. (in Kantian epistemology) a concept, similar to a universal but limited to phenomenal knowledge, by which an object of knowledge or an idea of pure reason may be apprehended.
noun plural -mata (-mətə)
  1. a plan, diagram, or scheme
  2. (in the philosophy of Kant) a rule or principle that enables the understanding to apply its categories and unify experience
  3. a mental model of aspects of the world or of the self that is structured in such a way as to facilitate the processes of cognition and perception
  4. an expression using metavariables that may be replaced by object language expressions to yield a well-formed formula. Thus A = A is an axiom schema for identity, representing the infinite number of axioms, x = x, y = y, z = z, etc
Schema (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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