logical construction
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of logical construction
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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It’s an awkward logical construction that equates his detractors being wrong with their being corrupt – which, of course, isn’t the exact same thing.
From US News • Jul. 22, 2016
We’ve seen this logical construction before: it worked for something known as the "divine right of kings."
From Salon • May 4, 2011
They could be ignored by the porcelain men, under the maxim that objects not appearing and objects not existing are governed by the same logical construction.
From The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc by De Quincey, Thomas
They could be ignored by the porcelain men, under the maxim, that objects not appearing, and not existing, are governed by the same logical construction.
From Miscellaneous Essays by De Quincey, Thomas
For reasons explained in Lecture IV., the persistence of things through time is to be regarded as the formal result of a logical construction, not as necessarily implying any actual persistence.
From Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy by Russell, Bertrand
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