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sophismata

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The properties of terms and discussions of fallacies
A genre of sophismata (“sophistical”) treatises developed that investigated fallacies in theology, physics, and logic. The theory of “supposition” (see below The theory of supposition) also developed out of the study of fallacies. Whole new kinds of treatises were written on what were called “the properties of terms,”…
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A genre of sophismata (“sophistical”) treatises developed that investigated fallacies in theology, physics, and logic. The theory of “supposition” (see below The theory of supposition) also developed out of the study of fallacies. Whole new kinds of treatises were written on what were called “the properties of terms,”…
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