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单词 ignotum per ignotius
释义

ignotum per ignotius

English

Etymology

Latin for the unknown by the more unknown.

Noun

ignotum per ignotius

  1. An attempt to explain something obscure in terms of something else which is even more obscure.
  2. (logic) A type of fallacious argument in which one attempts to prove something unknown by relying upon an assumption that is also unknown.
  • ignotum per aeque ignotum

References

  • “ignotum per ignotius” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.
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