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单词 diallelus
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diallelusn.

Brit. /ˌdʌɪəˈliːləs/, U.S. /ˌdaɪəˈliləs/
Forms: 1600s 1800s– diallelus, 1700s diallelis, 1700s dyallalles.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin diallelus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin diallelus (in diallelus modus (1569 or earlier)) < Hellenistic Greek διάλληλος (in τρόπος διάλληλος reasoning in a circle) < ancient Greek δι' ἀλλήλων through or by means of one another (see diallelon n.).In form dyallalles after French †diallelle (1723 (in the passage translated in quot. 1725) or earlier; now diallèle).
Logic.
Circular reasoning; the attempt to establish a conclusion by means of a proposition which is itself dependent on the conclusion which the arguer is attempting to prove; an instance of this.
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1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe sig. (h)v/1 The Atheists guilty of that Fallacy, called a Circle or Diallelus.
1725 E. Combe tr. P.-D. Huet Weakness Human Understanding i. xii. 69 We fall into a vicious kind of Reasoning called a Circle, which the old Philosophers called a Dyallalles [Fr. Diallelle].
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. xxvi. 51 The proposition which we propose to prove must not be used as a principle for its own probation. The violation of this rule is called the Orbis vel circulus in demonstrando,—diallelus.
1917 P. Coffey Epistemology I. iv. 144 ‘No reason can prevail without another reason: and there we are, driven back ad infinitum.’ This is the old difficulty of the diallelus.
1973 Rev. Metaphysics 27 377 A major epistemological puzzle is that of the ‘diallelus,’ namely, how does one decide when one genuinely possesses knowledge of whatever.
2003 Renaissance Q. 56 807 He gives proper attention to his status as a doxographer even while recognizing the subtlety and importance of his treatment of the diallelus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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