Meaning of amphiboly | Babel Free
amˈfɪbəliEquivalents
Examples
“1781, Kant, "Critique of Pure Reason⟳," from John Meiklejohn 1855 translation Without this reflection I should make⟳ a very unsafe use⟳ of these conceptions, and construct pretended synthetical propositions which critical reason⟳ cannot acknowledge and which are based solely upon a transcendental amphiboly, that is, upon a substitution of an object of pure understanding for a phenomenon.”
“By logical errors I mean⟳ such simple things as Equivocation, Amphiboly, and Begging the Question⟳.”
“The language might be fraught with word ambiguity or sentence amphiboly.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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