| 单词 | argumentum ad hominem |
| 释义 | > as lemmasargumentum ad hominem c. In certain phrases borrowed from the formal terminology of the schools, the Latin argumentum is in current use, esp. in argumentum ad hominem. argumentum e (or ex) silentio, an argument from silence: used of a conclusion based on lack of contrary evidence. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > types of logical argument enthymeme1570 argumentum ad hominem1690 dialogism1880 argumentum e (or ex) silentio1934 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xvii. 347 To press a Man with Consequences drawn from his own Principles, or Concessions..is already known under the Name of Argumentum ad Hominem. [Cf. quot. 1602 and quot. c1790 at sense 3a.] 1934 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. II. 274 This argumentum ex silentio does not, of course, go very far. 1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. iv. 99 We perceive that the absence of a common designation in the Indo-European period for a given concept or thing by no means necessarily implies the non-existence of that concept or thing at that period. The argumentum e silentio is notoriously fragile. 1962 Listener 6 Sept. 364/2 Doesn't Dr. Needham..give the Chinese the benefit of a doubt, sometimes, with an argumentum e silentio? < as lemmas |
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