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41Aristotle’s logic and metaphysics — Alan Code PART 1: LOGICAL WORKS OVERVIEW OF ARISTOTLE’S LOGIC The Aristotelian logical works are referred to collectively using the Greek term ‘Organon’. This is a reflection of the idea that logic is a tool or instrument of, though not… …
42Late medieval logic — Paul Vincent Spade I Medieval logic encompassed more than what we call logic today. It included semantics, philosophy of language, parts of physics, of philosophy of mind and of epistemology. Late medieval logic began around 1300 and lasted… …
43Absurdity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Absurdity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 absurdity absurdity absurdness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 imbecility imbecility &c. 499 Sgm: N 1 alogy| alogy| nonsense Sgm: N 1 paradox paradox …
44σοφισματῶδες — σοφισματώδης sophistical masc/fem voc sg σοφισματώδης sophistical neut nom/voc/acc sg …
45σοφισματώδεις — σοφισματώδης sophistical masc/fem acc pl σοφισματώδης sophistical masc/fem nom/voc pl (attic epic) …
46sophisticate — [sə fis′tə kāt΄; ] for n., usually [, sə fis′təkit] vt. sophisticated, sophisticating [ME sophisticaten < ML sophisticatus, pp. of sophisticare < L sophisticus: see SOPHISTICAL] 1. to change from being natural, simple, artless, etc. to… …
47sophistic — adjective 1. of or pertaining to sophists • Pertains to noun: ↑sophist • Derivationally related forms: ↑Sophist 2. plausible but misleading • Syn: ↑sophistical • Similar to: ↑ …
48so|phis|tic — «suh FIHS tihk», adjective. = sophistical. (Cf. ↑sophistical) …
49Casuistry — Cas u*ist*ry, a. 1. The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the… …
50Cavillation — Cav il*la tion ( l[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [F. cavillation, L. cavillatio.] Frivolous or sophistical objection. [Obs.] Hooker. [1913 Webster] …