Endoxa

Japanese: endoxa
Endoxa

…There is also a methodological distinction between the path of ascending from a hypothesis to a principle and the path of descending from a principle. In Aristotle, what could be called the descending path in Plato, that is, demonstrative reasoning starting from a principle, is placed first, and dialectics is placed second as a scientific method that starts from endoxa (a generally accepted opinion) and seeks to establish the principle itself. However, it should be noted that dialectics is placed higher than argumentative reasoning (third place) and paralogismos (fourth place) (starting from premises specific to the science, such as geometry). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "endoxa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そこでは,仮設から出発して原理へと上昇する途と,原理から下降する途とが方法論的に区別されてもいる。アリストテレスにおいては,プラトンにおける下降の途ともいうべきもの,つまり,原理から出発する論証的推理が第1位におかれ,弁証法はエンドクサendoxa(一般的に承認されている意見)から出発して原理そのものの設定を図る学理的一手法として第2位に置かれる。しかし,第3位の争論的推理や第4位のパラロギスモスparalogismos(幾何学などのごとくその学問に固有の前提から出発するもの)よりも上位に位置づけられていることに留意を要する。…

※「endoxa」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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