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Goclenian — Goclenian, a. Logic. (gəʊˈkliːnɪən) [f. Goclenius (see below) + an.] Epithet of a variety of the Sorites first formulated by Rudolf Goclenius (1547–1628), otherwise called the descending sorites, opposed to the Aristotelian or ascending sorites.… … Useful english dictionary
goclenian sorites — gōˈklē]nēən , lā] noun Usage: usually capitalized G Etymology: Rudolf Goclenius died 1628 German logician + English an : a sorites in which the order of the premises is reversed … Useful english dictionary
Destructive sorities — Sorites So*ri tes, n. [L., from Gr. swrei ths (sc. syllogismo s), properly, heaped up (hence, a heap of syllogisms), fr. swro s a heap.] (Logic) An abridged form of stating of syllogisms in a series of propositions so arranged that the predicate… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sorites — So*ri tes, n. [L., from Gr. swrei ths (sc. syllogismo s), properly, heaped up (hence, a heap of syllogisms), fr. swro s a heap.] (Logic) An abridged form of stating of syllogisms in a series of propositions so arranged that the predicate of each… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rudolph Goclenius — Rudolph Göckel or Rudolf Goclenius [the Older] (1 March 1547 8 June 1628) was a German scholastic philosopher, credited with inventing the term psychology (1590). In his Lexicon philosophicum (1613) he used the term ontology coined by Jacob… … Wikipedia
dilemma — Synonyms and related words: Aristotelian sorites, Goclenian sorites, Gordian knot, Scylla and Charybdis, baffle, bafflement, bewilderment, bind, bother, box, catch 22, categorical syllogism, choice of Hercules, confoundment, confusion, corner,… … Moby Thesaurus
figure — Synonyms and related words: Aristotelian sorites, Establishment, Goclenian sorites, Platonic body, Platonic form, Platonic idea, VIP, accept, acclaim, acknowledge, act, acute angled triangle, add, adornment, adumbrate, advert to, aesthetic form,… … Moby Thesaurus
mode — Synonyms and related words: Aeolian mode, Aristotelian sorites, Dorian mode, Goclenian sorites, Greek modes, Hindu mode, Indian mode, Locrian mode, Lydian mode, MO, Phrygian mode, Platonic form, Platonic idea, SOP, aesthetic form, affectation,… … Moby Thesaurus
mood — Synonyms and related words: Aristotelian sorites, Goclenian sorites, action, affection, air, anagnorisis, angle, architectonics, architecture, argument, atmosphere, attitude, aura, background, catastrophe, categorical syllogism, character,… … Moby Thesaurus
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
