anagogic
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The third rule for the guidance of pure reason in the conduct of a proof is that all transcendental proofs must never be apagogic or indirect, but always ostensive or direct.
From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow
The apagogic mode of proof is the true source of those illusions which have always had so strong an attraction for the admirers of dogmatical philosophy.
From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow
The apagogic method of proof is admissible only in those sciences where it is impossible to mistake a subjective representation for an objective cognition.
From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow