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paralogism — PARALOGÍSM, paralogisme, s.n. Raţionament fals făcut din neştiinţă, fără intenţia de a induce în eroare. – Din fr. paralogisme. Trimis de laurap, 26.11.2002. Sursa: DEX 98 paralogísm s. n., pl. paralogísme Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa:… … Dicționar Român
paralogism — index fallacy, non sequitur Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
paralogism — [pə ral′ə jiz΄əm] n. [MFr paralogisme < LL paralogismus < Gr paralogismos < paralogizesthai, to reason illogically < para , beyond (see PARA 1) + logizesthai, to reason < logos, a discourse, reason: see LOGIC] reasoning contrary to … English World dictionary
paralogism — noun /pəˈɹalədʒɪzəm/ A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical. Which is a Paralogism not admittible; a fallacy that dwels not in a cloud, and needs not the Sun to … Wiktionary
paralogism — noun Etymology: Middle French paralogisme, from Late Latin paralogismus, from Greek paralogismos, from paralogos unreasonable, from para + logos speech, reason more at legend Date: 1565 a fallacious argument … New Collegiate Dictionary
paralogism — paralogist, n. paralogistic, adj. /peuh ral euh jiz euhm/, n. Logic. 1. argument violating principles of valid reasoning. 2. a conclusion reached through such argument. [1555 65; < LL paralogismus < Gk paralogismós. See PARA 1, LOGO , ISM] * * * … Universalium
paralogism — Generally, any fallacy or error in reasoning. In Kant, the four paralogisms of pure reason attempt to show (i) that the soul is a substance; (ii) that it is not an aggregate, but simple; (iii) that it is one and the same subject at different… … Philosophy dictionary
paralogism — pa·ral·o·gism (pə ralґo jiz əm) the use of fallacious, meaningless, or illogical thought or language, primarily characteristic of schizophrenia … Medical dictionary
paralogism — Synonyms and related words: Aristotelian sorites, Goclenian sorites, argument, argument by analogy, argumentum ad baculum, argumentum ad captandum, argumentum ad hominem, bad case, begging the question, categorical syllogism, circular argument,… … Moby Thesaurus
paralogísm — s. n., pl. paralogísme … Romanian orthography
