单词 | logic-chopping |
释义 | > as lemmaslogic-chopping logic-chopping n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > [noun] sophistry1340 chop-logic1533 Jesuitism1613 chopping of logic1668 casuistry1712 sophism1768 special pleading1813 subtilism1825 Jesuitry1832 verbalism1847 logic-chopping1904 1904 W. James in Mind 13 458 This is a kind of intellectual product that never attains a classic form of expression when first promulgated. The critic ought therefore not to be too sharp and logic-chopping in his dealings with it. 1960 A. Koestler Lotus & Robot i. iii. 132 The Schoolmen confined themselves to verbal logic-chopping. < as lemmas |
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