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‖ circulus vitiosus|ˈsɜːkjʊləs vɪʃɪˈəʊsəs, vɪtɪ-|
[L.]
= vicious circle (see vicious a. 9). (In both Logic and Path. senses.)
1902C. Hague tr. Brentano's Orig. Knowl. Rt. & Wrong 99 Whoever bases..mathematics upon induction cannot possibly justify mathematically the inductive procedure. It would be for him a circulus vitiosus. 1908Practitioner LXXX. 19 The congestive stasis is increased by the fits, and there is a tendency to the formation of a circulus vitiosus. 1941Mind L. 370 The circulus vitiosus..is a universal phenomenon in the foundations of science. 1964C. Hastings tr. Schrödinger's View of World 81 Professor John Synge..uses what is called the circulus vitiosus to make mild fun of one-language dictionaries. |