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1. as if, phr. View full entry 1892
...Introducing a supposition, or way of conceiving some entity or situation, that is not to be taken literally, but yields some insight or convenience in metaphysics. Also absol. and ...
2. ex pede Herculem, phr. View full entry 1665
...Inferring the whole of something from some small or insignificant part of it, as Pythagoras is said to have calculated the height of Hercules from an estimate of the size of his...
3. extra dictionem, phr. View full entry 1826
...Of fallacies: unconnected with the linguistic expression used; not due to ambiguity, etc.; extradictionary (Opp. in dictione)...
4. in dictione, phr. View full entry 1826
...Of fallacies: resulting from the linguistic expression used; due to ambiguity, division, etc. (Opp. extra dictionem)...
5. obscurum per obscurius, phr. (adj. and adv.) View full entry 1842
...An argument or proposition expressed in terms which are even less clear than the original; an explanation which is harder to understand than what it is meant to explain. Also as ...
6. post hoc ergo propter hoc, phr. View full entry 1685
...‘After this, therefore because of this’; denoting or alluding to the logical fallacy that a thing which follows another is therefore caused by it....
