In logic|lang=en terms the difference between epagoge and apagoge
is that epagoge is (logic) the adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction while apagoge is (logic) an indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
As nouns the difference between epagoge and apagoge
is that epagoge is (logic) the adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction while apagoge is (logic) an indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
epagoge
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(logic) The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.
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Webster 1913)
apagoge
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(logic) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
(
Webster 1913)