套套邏輯

Chinese

FWOTD – 25 April 2022

		ways; stereotyped or insincere talk	logic; reason; reasoning logic; reason; reasoning; law; rationale; logic
trad. (套套邏輯)		套套	邏輯
simp. (套套逻辑)		套套	逻辑

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English tautology.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàotao luóji, tàotao luójí

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄠ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄐㄧ, ㄊㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄠ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³ tou³ lo⁴ cap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàotao luóji
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄠ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàotåo luóji̊
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao⁴-tʻao⁵ lo²-chi⁵
    • Yale: tàu-tau lwó-ji
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taw.tau luo.ji
    • Palladius: таотао лоцзи (taotao loczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ d͡ʑ̥i³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàotao luójí
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄠ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàotåo luójí
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao⁴-tʻao⁵ lo²-chi²
    • Yale: tàu-tau lwó-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taw.tau luojyi
    • Palladius: таотао лоцзи (taotao loczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou³ tou³ lo⁴ cap¹
    • Yale: tou tou lòh chāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³ tou³ lo⁴ tsap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³ tou³ lo⁴ ceb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³ tʰou̯³³ lɔː²¹ t͡sʰɐp̚⁵/

Noun

套套邏輯

1. (logic) tautology

   • 說到這裡，我想起另一個類似的科學體系——達爾文的物種起源學說，許多人曾指責所謂「適者生存」不過是一種套套邏輯，因為任何生物性狀都可以被解釋為對環境的適應。 [MSC, trad.]
     说到这里，我想起另一个类似的科学体系——达尔文的物种起源学说，许多人曾指责所谓「适者生存」不过是一种套套逻辑，因为任何生物性状都可以被解释为对环境的适应。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2012, 辉格, 《自私的皮球：我们的日子为什么是这样过的》, page 268

     Shuō dào zhèlǐ, wǒ xiǎngqǐ lìng yī ge lèisì de kēxué tǐxì — Dá'ěrwén de wùzhǒng qǐyuán xuéshuō, xǔduō rén céng zhǐzé suǒwèi “shìzhě shēngcún” bùguò shì yī zhǒng tàotao luóji, yīnwèi rènhé shēngwù xìngzhuàng dōu kěyǐ bèi jiěshì wéi duì huánjìng de shìyìng. [Pinyin]

     Speaking of this, I thought another similar scientific system—Darwin's theory of the origin of the species. Many people have criticized the so-called "survival of the fittest" for being a tautology because any biological trait can be explained as adaptation to the environment.

Synonyms

• 重言式 (chóngyánshì)