单词 | apagoge |
释义 | apagogen.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [noun] > abduction abduction1656 apagoge1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Abduction In Logick, a kind of Argumentation, by the Greeks call'd Apogoge. a1871 G. Grote Aristotle (1872) I. vi. 290 Another variety of ratiocinative procedure, which he calls Apagoge or Abduction. 2. A demonstration which does not prove a thing directly, but shows the absurdity or impossibility of denying it; a reductio ad absurdum. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > types of logical argument > reduction to absurdity reductio ad impossibile1552 reduction to the absurd (also to absurdity)1712 apagogea1753 apagogy1847 a1753 Berkeley is cited in Worcester Categories » This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1728 |
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