单词 | petitio principii |
释义 | petitio principiin. The employment in an argument of a premise which either presupposes or is equivalent to the conclusion which is at issue; the fallacy of begging the question; an instance of this, a circular argument. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > begging the question petitio principii1531 begging of the question1579 petition of principle1579 craving of the principle1587 beggarya1603 precariousness1666 petitio1894 1531 W. Tyndale Expos. Fyrste Epist. St. Jhon sig. G.iiv Which kynde of disputing schole men cal petitio principii, the prouynge of .ii. certaine thinges, etche by the other, & is no prouyng at all. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare v. 325 This argument is called Petitio Principij, which is, when a thinge is taken to make proufe, that is doubtful, and standeth in question, and ought it selfe to be prooved. 1624 D. Featley Romish Fisher Caught sig. C4v My Argument is not petitio principii. 1668 J. Dryden Def. Ess. Dramatic Poesie 20 in Indian Emperour (ed. 2) Here you see, instead of a Proof or Reason, there is only a Petitio principii. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. Slawkenbergius's Tale 40 Had it not been for a petitio principii..the whole controversy had been settled at once. 1790 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 168 All that part of your ‘Reflections’..is a petitio principii. 1859 J. Abercrombie Enq. Intellect. Power ii. 178 A principle is assumed which, in fact, amounts to the thing to be proved; slightly disguised, perhaps, by some variation in the terms. This is commonly called petitio principii. 1887 T. Fowler Elem. Deduct. Logic (ed. 9) viii. 145 The argument in a circle is the most important case of the fallacy called Petitio Principii (or, as it is more properly called, Petitio Quæsiti, begging the question). 1906 H. W. B. Joseph Introd. Logic xxvii 550 The nature of Petitio Principii is better expressed in the English name, Begging the Question. It consists in assuming what is to be proved, in order to prove it. 1922 W. E. Johnson Logic II. p. xix The charge of circularity or petitio principii is epistemic. 1998 J. L. Heilbron Geom. Civilized i. 4 The moderns..to say the worst, perpetrated many a petitio principii. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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