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paralogism
[ puh-ral-uh-jiz-uhm ]
noun
- argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- a conclusion reached through such argument.
paralogism
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noun
- logic psychol an argument that is unintentionally invalid Compare sophism
- any invalid argument or conclusion
Derived Forms
- ±è²¹ËŒ°ù²¹±ô´Çˈ²µ¾±²õ³Ù¾±³¦, adjective
- ±è²¹Ëˆ°ù²¹±ô´Ç²µ¾±²õ³Ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è²¹Â·°ù²¹±ôo·²µ¾±²õ³Ù noun
- ±è²¹Â·°ù²¹±ôo·²µ¾±²õt¾±³¦ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of paralogism1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of paralogism1
Example Sentences
Finally, according to this theory of Dr. T., he and all those who reason like him, are chargeable, I think, with a palpable paralogism they reason in a circle.
The poets accept the existence of the gods from the common notion of men, and then treat all that relates to these deities in accordance with this system of paralogism.
I certainly agree to all the rest with you, but Aristotle's law I think involves a paralogism, for by this argument the heavens should be immobile since they are in a place fitting their nature.
As it is said by the author of the Nyáya-nirváṇa: The proof of the permanence of the transitory, as being both permanent and transitory, is a paralogism.
On this dualistic basis, the ontological argument becomes a manifest paralogism, and lies open to all the objections that Kant brought against it.
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