A few common expressions in academia to know, thank me later!
Latin Phrase | Abbreviation | Meaning |
exempli gratia | e.g | For example |
ergo | Therefore | |
et cetera | etc. | So forth |
inter alia | i.a. | Among other things |
id est | i.e. | That is |
quod erat demonstrandum | Q.E.D. | Which was to be demonstrated |
erratum | Error | |
ex hypothesi | By hypothesis | |
a priori | Before any experimental input | |
a posteriori | After empirical input | |
cogito ergo sum | I think therefore I am | |
ipso facto | By the fact itself | |
reductio ad absurdum | Argumentation type1 | |
argumentum ad hominem | ad hominem | Attacking the person instead of argument |
ad infinitum | Without an end | |
1The methodology of Reductio ad absurdum is to prove a given statement by assuming that it is false and then finding an absurd result, which then concludes that initial statement has to be true.