单词 | petitio principii |
例句 | We obviously cannot argue from the analogy of man's action, since he is a part of the problem itself, included in the question, and such an analogy is a petitio principii. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Besides, the author, in this assertion, is guilty of a most glaring petitio principii. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z In other words, omitting his petitio principii and his allusion to the test of fertility, the great criterion in his view is the criterion of Heredity. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z Mr. Mill decides that the proposition is not a petitio principii; Dr. Farrar says, as in continuation of his reference to Mr. Mill, that it is a flagrant petitio principii. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z The great argument that men are determined by the strongest motives, is a mere equivocation, and what logicians call petitio principii. A Review of Edwards's 2011-04-27T02:00:19.047Z And it is as much a petitio principii to assume, in Ethics, the existence of moral feelings, as to assume, in Optics, the existence of sight. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z But if, as it would seem, the implication is meant that there are no other entities which can be object to the mind except such "things," then it is a clear petitio principii. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z The Chaplain opportunely answered, "Your argument proves against yourself, for it is petitio principii to presuppose mortality amongst ephemera." The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z Such an argument is no argument at all; it is a mere petitio principii, incapable of proving anything. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z This mode of reasoning, by which a bad generalization is made to overrule all facts which contradict it, is petitio principii in one of its most palpable forms. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z There is nothing in this objection also, for it rests on a petitio principii. The Future of International Law But this is altogether a petitio principii: it absolutely begs the question at issue. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series But in that case the objection to the plain man's view is a petitio principii, and not an argument. Kant's Theory of Knowledge Is it not, then, a petitio principii to say, that the fact ought to be disbelieved because the induction to it is complete? Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z Is it not then a petitio principii to say, that the fact ought to be disbelieved because the induction opposed to it is complete? A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z The proposition that property, i. e., the right to the substance of the thing appropriated, cannot be created by labour, because the land cannot be appropriated, is at least a petitio principii or tautology. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory It has often been argued that the Syllogism involves a petitio principii, because the Major Premiss contains the Conclusion, and would not be true unless the Conclusion were true. Logic, Inductive and Deductive This argument is one form of the fallacy known as petitio principii, “begging the question.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" But this, if it is intended as an argument against the reasonableness of admitting the truth of Miracles, is a mere petitio principii.... Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford Brown saw that there would be a petitio principii if it were. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic It is incredible, but it is incontestably true: the only basis for the "Ideal" of the Anarchist-Communists, is this petitio principii, this "assumption" of the very thing that has to be proved. Anarchism and Socialism Perhaps it might be said that in arguing, "All men are mortal, and you are a man," it is not so much ignoratio elenchi as petitio principii that you commit. Logic, Inductive and Deductive They commit the fallacy called in logic a petitio principii. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Having thus quietly assumed that “things in themselves” are identical with “objects,” and “relations” with “impressions on the human mind,” Mr. Mill bases his whole criticism on this tacit petitio principii. The Philosophy of the Conditioned Lord Cottenham's reasoning appears to us, in short, based upon two fallacies—a petitio principii, in assuming that judgment was entered upon all the counts; the question being, was it so entered? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 He is often guilty of a petitio principii, in taking it for granted that the institution of slavery is an injury to the slave, which is the very point in dispute. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Zeno's famous dilemma, directed to prove that motion is impossible, covers a petitio principii. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Is it not, then, a petitio principii to say, that the fact ought to be disbelieved because the induction opposed to it is complete? A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive Hence this is a petitio principii, a begging of the question. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory It is true that in a syllogism of this particular type, the petitio principii is disguised. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) To speak of an uncoördinated diversity to which order is superadded is therefore to commit a veritable petitio principii; for in imagining the uncoördinated we really posit an order, or rather two. Creative Evolution None of these manifestations, however, were sufficient to make the spiritualistic theory any other than a huge petitio principii. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis THE question "Does civilization civilize?" is a fine example of petitio principii. and decides itself in the affirmative; for civilization must needs do that from the doing of which it has its name. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 The syllogism always, say they, involves a petitio principii. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. This is the major premiss, divested of the petitio principii, and cut down to as much as is really known by direct evidence. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) But in the argument of the Secretary, as in that of the President, there is a manifest confusion of logic, and something very like a petitio principii. The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays Whatever we receive intuitively, we receive without proof; and stated as a naked proposition, it must involve a petitio principii. Short Studies on Great Subjects To create useless industrial pursuits, to favor superfluous transportation, to maintain a superfluous labor, not for the good of the public, but at the expense of the public, is to act upon a petitio principii. Sophisms of the Protectionists It must be granted, that in every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. The reviewer denies that there is a petitio principii in the syllogism, or that the proposition, All men are mortal, asserts or assumes that Socrates is mortal. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) And, as a final step, we may now see that the argument from Design, in its last resort, resolves itself into a petitio principii. A Candid Examination of Theism In M. Garofalo's book we find once more this petitio principii which refuses to believe in the future in the name of the present, which is declared immutable. Socialism and Modern Science (Darwin, Spencer, Marx) A celebrated modern Philosopher has added to the categories of Aristotle the Sophism which consists in expressing in one word a petitio principii. Sophisms of the Protectionists In other words, it is a petitio principii. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" The question "Does civilization civilize?" is a fine example of petitio principii, and decides itself in the affirmative; for civilization must needs do that from the doing of which it has its name. A Cynic Looks at Life The point which the analogy is adduced to prove is therefore postulated by the fact of its being adduced at all, and the whole argument resolves itself into a case of petitio principii. A Candid Examination of Theism You forget the end aimed at, which is the well-being of the community; you set it aside; more, you sacrifice it by a perfect petitio principii. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader All religious persecution, Mr. Bayle well observes, is grounded upon a miserable petitio principii. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) In the first place, it is a petitio principii, as will be seen presently, that Apollinaris was an antagonist of Melito. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" To say that this is proved by the past experience of the race, is what logicians call a petitio principii—it is assuming the whole point at issue. The Law and the Word The Argument shown to be a petitio principii. A Candid Examination of Theism The objection of hostile critics has been to the history rather than to the chronology of the history; but these objections are a mere petitio principii. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 The whole system is a petitio principii really. The Altar Steps Advocacy always supposes a petitio principii, and its arguments are ad probandum. Tragic Sense Of Life Here you see, instead of proof or reason, there is only petitio principii. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 Can any thing be less conclusive, a more complete fallacy and petitio principii? The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits This, after all, is a mere petitio principii. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 The argument therefore is a mere 'petitio principii sub lite'. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge And since in reality we explain the Universe neither better nor worse with this idea than without it, the idea of God, the supreme petitio principii, is valueless. Tragic Sense Of Life It is needless to remark that this whole argument, whatever may be said of the former one, is a pure fallacy, and a petitio principii throughout. The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bulwer; And, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil by Lord Brougham And last, it is a 'petitio principii', or begging the question, to take for granted that a state has no power except in case of overt acts. Literary Remains, Volume 1 The words 'their subject' are a petitio principii. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. This is, at bottom, a subtle petitio principii. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; the Art of Controversy Here you see, instead of a Proof or Reason, there is only a petitio principii. An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments Under the head of petitio principii comes the fallacy of Arguing in a Circle, which is incidental to a train of reasoning. Deductive Logic And here there is a remarkable petitio principii in Hume's management of his argument. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 It furnishes her with the petitio principii that man is under an ethical obligation to give anything she chooses to ask. The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage The parasitic urchins would yell at the witticism—the eternal petitio principii of childhood, which Billy, secure in his cohort from bloody nose, felt justified in making. The Fortunate Youth The second, strange to say, gives us a sound syllogism in Barbara, a fact which countenances the blasphemers of the syllogism in the charge they bring against it of containing in itself a petitio principii. Deductive Logic |
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