English Explanatory Dictionary

Münchhausen trilemma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The problem in epistemology that all three ways of providing a proof — circular argument, regressive argument, and axiomatic argument — may be regarded as unsatisfactory.

Word forms

Münchhausen trilemma

Synonyms

Agrippa's trilemma
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