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noun
A dialectical inference; a syllogism based on probable premises (endoxa), as opposed to a philosopheme which is a demonstrative or scientific syllogism based on true premises.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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History
From Ancient Greek ἐπιχείρημα (epikheírēma), from ἐπιχειρέω (epikheiréō, “to attempt, to prove”, literally “to put one's hand on”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + χείρ (kheír, “hand”).
