Apodictic vs Assertoric - What's the difference?
apodictic | assertoric |
Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
* 1902 , William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience , Folio Society 2008, p. 284:
A style of argument, in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.
(theology, Biblical studies) absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"
As adjectives the difference between apodictic and assertoric
is that apodictic is incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain while assertoric is stating that which is actual.apodictic
English
(wikipedia apodictic)Alternative forms
* apodeicticAdjective
(en adjective)- No religion has ever yet owed its prevalence to ‘apodictic certainty’.
- Don't be so apodictic ! You haven't considered several facets of the question.
