Ipsedixitism 1 comment

14 Jan 2009 @ 04:16, by Unknown Magister dixit: "the master has said it": Canonical medieval reference to Aristotle, precluding further discussion In the early Church, canons were supplemented with decretals of the Bishops of Rome, which were responses to doubts or problems according to the maxim, "Roma locuta est, causa finita est": "Rome has spoken, case is closed." It is also used to denounce the act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims or condescending assertions in an overbearing manner. When faced with naïve ipsedixitism, Socratic Irony may encourage dogmatists to elaborate away from re-assertion of dogma. But more often than not, ipsedixitisms are not innocent and can be an instrument of deliberate sophistry or a manifestation of their users'disinterest in any kind of genuine dialogue.

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