ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

AT-RHE-206-001 · ATLAS 251

Apodeixis

The confirmation of a claim by reference to generally accepted experience, shared knowledge, or a principle treated as certain.

Explanation

Apodeixis connects a disputed claim to an already shared ground of knowledge. One step may remain unstated because the audience supplies it. This is both its strength and its risk: what appears common knowledge may be group-specific, historical, or false.

Example

Anyone using a search function expects variant spellings of the same term to remain findable; therefore Apodeixis and Apodixis are linked as search forms.

Counterexample

These spellings must be linked because I think that is sensible. The claim is not connected to shared experience or knowledge.

Distinction

Unlike exemplum, which offers a particular case, apodeixis invokes a ground accepted as shared. Unlike evidentia, it confirms inferentially rather than making something vividly present.

Effect on thought and perception

Condenses argument by relying on shared premises while revealing where an alleged consensus needs examination.

Resonance

A new claim rests on already supporting ground; that ground resonates even when it is not fully stated.

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Reich, Michael (Hrsg./ed.): „Apodeixis“. Atlas der Sprache, AT-RHE-206-001. ATLAS 251, data model 1.6.0. https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-RHE-206-001

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