Le Malade imaginaire¶
Molière. (1673). Le Malade imaginaire.
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Domain-specific¶
- Circular Reasoning
- Philosophers of science deploy this diagnosis to flag vacuous "explanations," the classic being Molière's satire in Le Malade imaginaire (1673): asked why opium induces sleep, a physician answers that it possesses a virtus dormitiva — a "dormitive power."
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“des divertissements chantés et dansés. [Le Malade imaginaire], « comédie mélée de musique et de danse»”
- Philosophers of science deploy this diagnosis to flag vacuous "explanations," the classic being Molière's satire in Le Malade imaginaire (1673): asked why opium induces sleep, a physician answers that it possesses a virtus dormitiva — a "dormitive power."
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