dormitive virtue: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- A disparaging term for an explanation that is merely nominal and circular, alleging that a thing produces an effect because it possesses a named 'virtue' that simply restates the fact to be explained.
- A rhetorical device used to highlight the inadequacy of explanations that invoke a named property as the reason for the phenomenon itself.
Examples
BetaCalling the effect 'dormitive virtue' is just a dormitive principle in disguise—it's a meaningless explanation.
Llamar al efecto 'virtud dormitante' es solo un principio dormitante disfrazado: es una explicación sin sentido.
The lecturer used the term dormitive virtue to highlight how some scientific explanations are circular.
El conferencista usó el término virtud dormitante para resaltar cómo algunas explicaciones científicas son circulares.
People often fall into the trap of dormitive virtue when they explain phenomena by naming them rather than analyzing causes.
La gente suele caer en la trampa de la virtud dormitante cuando explican fenómenos nombrándolos en lugar de analizar las causas.
- A supposed inherent quality that induces sleep; the literal 'sleep-giving' power attributed to a substance or condition.
Examples
BetaThe dormitive virtue of the herb was believed to help insomniacs fall asleep naturally.
Se creía que la virtud dormitante de la hierba ayudaba a los insomnes a dormir naturalmente.
In traditional medicine, the dormitive virtue was attributed to various plants used as sedatives.
En la medicina tradicional, la virtud dormitante se atribuía a varias plantas usadas como sedantes.
The ancient manuscripts describe the dormitive virtue as the essence that induces rest and calm.
Los manuscritos antiguos describen la virtud dormitante como la esencia que induce reposo y calma.
Scientists later disproved the idea of dormitive virtue as a distinct sleep-causing property.
Los científicos posteriormente refutaron la idea de la virtud dormitante como una propiedad distinta que causa el sueño.
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