Philosophy
A common rhetorical device in philosophical texts: "this appeals to/from that" -means roughly "to make sense of this with regard to that"
Examples:
- Philosophical Investigations, by Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 228 "... it gives expression to the fact that we look to the rule for instruction and do something, without appealing to anything else for guidance."
- 265 "... justification consists in appealing to something independent. ... surely I can appeal from one memory to another."
- The Problems of Philosophy, by Bertrand Russell
- Ch VI "... If we are challenged as to why we believe that it will continue to rise as heretofore, we may appeal to the laws of motion: ..."
- Ch VII. "... 'Why should I accept the results of valid arguments based on true premisses?' we can only answer by appealing to our principle. ..."
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