a. arch. [f. prec. + -AL 1.] Of apodictic nature; absolutely demonstrable; of absolute certainty.
a. 1638. Mede, Rem. Apocal., III. iii. 586. It follows not by Apodictical necessity, but it may perswade morally as a probability.
1677. Hale, Prim. Orig. Man., To Reader 1. Arguments demonstrative, or at least little less than apodeictical.
1788. Reid, Aristot. Log., v. § 1. When the premises are certain, and the conclusions drawn from them in due form, the syllogism is called apodictical.
1860. Mansel, Prolegom. Log., vii. 251. Judgments, according to Kant, are of three kinds, problematical, assertorial and apodeictical.
