Subreption
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Subreption is a concept in Roman law
and, in this tradition, Canon law
. In this context, obreption and subreption
belong together. The Latin word for subreption is "subreptio", the German is "Erschleichung".
In German philosophy, the concept was used by Christian Wolff (philosopher)
and Immanuel Kant
to denounce illegitimate claims to empiricity of representations: I can perceive the formation of my will to lift my arm, and I can perceive the lifting of my arm. To say that I know empirically that my will lifted my arm would be a subreption in Wolff's sense.
Roman law
Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, and the legal developments which occurred before the 7th century AD — when the Roman–Byzantine state adopted Greek as the language of government. The development of Roman law comprises more than a thousand years of jurisprudence — from the Twelve...
and, in this tradition, Canon law
Canon law
Canon law is the body of laws & regulations made or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law governing the Catholic Church , the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Anglican Communion of...
. In this context, obreption and subreption
Obreption and Subreption
Obreption and subreption are terms used in ancient Roman law and in the church's canon law applied by the Catholic church to species of fraud by which an ecclesiastical rescript is obtained.Dispensations or graces are...
belong together. The Latin word for subreption is "subreptio", the German is "Erschleichung".
In German philosophy, the concept was used by Christian Wolff (philosopher)
Christian Wolff (philosopher)
Christian Wolff was a German philosopher.He was the most eminent German philosopher between Leibniz and Kant...
and Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg , researching, lecturing and writing on philosophy and anthropology at the end of the 18th Century Enlightenment....
to denounce illegitimate claims to empiricity of representations: I can perceive the formation of my will to lift my arm, and I can perceive the lifting of my arm. To say that I know empirically that my will lifted my arm would be a subreption in Wolff's sense.
The Latin phrase for the philosophical concept of subreption is "vitium subreptionis" -vitium: fault, crime, error; subreptionis: creep, stealth, fraud. The German is a literal translation of this latin phrase: "Fehler der Erschleichung". It can also mean in general a creeping or tacit assumption(s) that is not explicitly given but is hidden either purposefully (as in sophistry) or not (as in a visual illusion).
- Obreption and Subreption With links to the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)