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Created page with 'File:lighterstill.jpgright|frame ==Origin== Late Latin ''tautologia'', from Greek, from ''tautologos'' *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_c...'
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==Origin==
Late Latin ''tautologia'', from [[Greek]], from ''tautologos''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1574]
==Definition==
*1 : needless [[repetition]] of an [[idea]], [[statement]], or [[word]]
:“A beginner who has just started” is a ''tautology''.
==Description==
'''Tautology''' (from [[Greek]] ''tauto'', "the same" and logos, "[[word]]/idea") is an unnecessary [[repetition]] of [[meaning]], using dissimilar words that effectively say the same thing (often originally from different languages). It is considered a [[fault]] of style and was defined by ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_Modern_English_Usage A Dictionary of Modern English Usage]'' (Fowler) as "saying the same thing twice," if it is not apparently [[necessary]] for the entire meaning of a phrase to be repeated. If a part of the [[meaning]] is repeated in such a way that it appears as unintentional, or clumsy, then it may be described as ''tautology''. On the other hand, a repetition of meaning which improves the style of a piece of [[speech]] or [[writing]] is not necessarily described as ''tautology''. In evaluating [[worldviews]], logicians do not concern themselves that the premises are correct or not, but whether the conclusions derive logically.
A rhetorical tautology is defined as a [[series]] of [[statements]] that form an [[argument]], whereby the statements are constructed in such a way that the [[truth]] of the [[proposition]] is guaranteed or that, by defining a dissimilar or synonymous term in terms of another self-referentially, the [[truth]] of the proposition or [[explanation]] cannot be disputed. Consequently, the statement conveys no useful [[information]] regardless of its length or [[complexity]] making it unfalsifiable. It is a way of formulating a [[description]] such that it masquerades as an explanation when the real reason for the [[phenomena]] cannot be independently derived. A rhetorical tautology should not be [[confused]] with a tautology in propositional logic, which by the precepts of empiricism is not falsifiable.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautology_%28rhetoric%29]
[[Category: Logic]]
==Origin==
Late Latin ''tautologia'', from [[Greek]], from ''tautologos''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1574]
==Definition==
*1 : needless [[repetition]] of an [[idea]], [[statement]], or [[word]]
:“A beginner who has just started” is a ''tautology''.
==Description==
'''Tautology''' (from [[Greek]] ''tauto'', "the same" and logos, "[[word]]/idea") is an unnecessary [[repetition]] of [[meaning]], using dissimilar words that effectively say the same thing (often originally from different languages). It is considered a [[fault]] of style and was defined by ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_Modern_English_Usage A Dictionary of Modern English Usage]'' (Fowler) as "saying the same thing twice," if it is not apparently [[necessary]] for the entire meaning of a phrase to be repeated. If a part of the [[meaning]] is repeated in such a way that it appears as unintentional, or clumsy, then it may be described as ''tautology''. On the other hand, a repetition of meaning which improves the style of a piece of [[speech]] or [[writing]] is not necessarily described as ''tautology''. In evaluating [[worldviews]], logicians do not concern themselves that the premises are correct or not, but whether the conclusions derive logically.
A rhetorical tautology is defined as a [[series]] of [[statements]] that form an [[argument]], whereby the statements are constructed in such a way that the [[truth]] of the [[proposition]] is guaranteed or that, by defining a dissimilar or synonymous term in terms of another self-referentially, the [[truth]] of the proposition or [[explanation]] cannot be disputed. Consequently, the statement conveys no useful [[information]] regardless of its length or [[complexity]] making it unfalsifiable. It is a way of formulating a [[description]] such that it masquerades as an explanation when the real reason for the [[phenomena]] cannot be independently derived. A rhetorical tautology should not be [[confused]] with a tautology in propositional logic, which by the precepts of empiricism is not falsifiable.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautology_%28rhetoric%29]
[[Category: Logic]]