EX – ARGUMENTS, ex concesso …
Some argument schemes are denoted by Latin labels, see Ab —; Ad —; Ex —. This entry lists the labels using the Latin preposition ex (rarely e, and never e before a vowel).
E/ex means “taken from”; in the construction « arguments e/ex N » the Latin noun N refers to the substance, from which the argument is taken.
A list of “ex + N” arguments
Latin name of the argument | • Meaning of the Latin word(s)Latin • (If necessary a literal translation) • English equivalent(s) • Link to the corresponding entry(s) |
ex concessis (sg. ex concesso) e concessu gentium |
Latin concedere, « to admit; to agree with sb” — arg. from the consensus of nations ; from traditional wisdom; from what is admitted by the audience or the opponent — See Consensus; Authority; Ex concessis; Ex datis; Beliefs of the audience; Concession; Ad hominem. |
e contrario [generally a contrario] |
Latin contrarius, “contrary; opposite” — See Opposites |
ex datis | Latin datum, “gift”; arg. from the facts as such; from what is accepted by the audience — See Ex datis |
ex notatione | Latin notatio, from notare “stamp with a mark” — arg. from “what the word (truly) says”; argument from the meaning of a word. See True meaning of the word; Derived words |
ex silentio | Latin silentium, “silence” — See Silence |
Like the ab and ad arguments, the ex – arguments do not refer to a unified category of arguments, nor to a common semantic family, nor to a singlae formal type.