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In logic, an argumentum e contrario (Latin: 'argument from the contrary'; also a contrario or ex contrario [1]), also known as appeal from the contrary, denotes any proposition that is argued to be correct because it is not disproven by a certain case. It is the opposite of the analogy. When analogy is allowed, e contrario is forbidden and vice ...
i.e., "from top to bottom", "all the way through", or "from head to toe". See also a pedibus usque ad caput. a contrario: from the opposite: i.e., "on the contrary" or "au contraire". Thus, an argumentum a contrario ("argument from the contrary") is an argument or proof by contrast or direct opposite. a Deucalione: from or since Deucalion
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Argumentum a fortiori; Argumentum e contrario; C. Cantor's diagonal argument; Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation, and Rhetoric; Claim (philosophy ...
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12 argumentum a contrario. 1 comment. 13 Exit. 1 comment. 14 Asparagi. 1 comment. 15 i.e. vs. e.g. 1 comment. 16 Query — what is the plural of 'apparatus criticus ...
Appeal to poverty (argumentum ad Lazarum) – supporting a conclusion because the arguer is poor (or refuting because the arguer is wealthy). (Opposite of appeal to wealth.) [89] Appeal to tradition (argumentum ad antiquitatem) – a conclusion supported solely because it has long been held to be true. [90]
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