Elenchus
//ɪˈlɛŋ.kəs//
"Elenchus" in a Sentence (1 examples)
The elenchus begins when an interlocutor makes some moral claim that Socrates wishes to examine. The argument then proceeds from premisses that express certain of the interlocutor’s other beliefs to a conclusion that contradicts the original moral claim under scrutiny.
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