Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Philosophy Particular problems and topics

A Fortiori (understood Ratione)

A FORTIORI (SOTTINTESO RATIONE)

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Also known as: Latin: argumentum a fortiori

A FORTIORI (with ratione understood). - All the more reason. One of the forms of the argument from analogy. It occurs when from a certain affirmation x one concludes to an affirmation y, because the reason that holds for x holds, or seems to hold, all the more for y. For example: Tizio is very generous in works of charity, therefore, a f., he will be honest in his contracts. The argument a f., although it can yield a certain conclusion, remains in its logical structure problematic, as being based essentially on a relation of similarity, which alone is not a sufficient guarantee of certainty.

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BIBL.: U. Viglino, Logica et generalis introductio in philosophiam, Rome 1941, pp. 302-303.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 377.

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Viglino, Ugo. “A Fortiori (Sottinteso Ratione).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 377. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/a-fortiori-sottinteso-ratione.

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Viglino, Ugo. “A Fortiori (Sottinteso Ratione).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 377. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/a-fortiori-sottinteso-ratione.

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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
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