A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific InvestigationLongmans, Green, 1900 - 622 pages |
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... admits of degrees , it has never been settled what is the lowest degree of that quality which would entitle any creature to be considered a human being . In all such cases , the meaning of the general name is so far unsettled and vague ...
... admits of degrees , it has never been settled what is the lowest degree of that quality which would entitle any creature to be considered a human being . In all such cases , the meaning of the general name is so far unsettled and vague ...
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... admit new words , which induces mankind , on all subjects not considered tech- nical to attempt to make the original stock of names serve with but little augmentation to express a constantly increasing number of objects and distinctions ...
... admit new words , which induces mankind , on all subjects not considered tech- nical to attempt to make the original stock of names serve with but little augmentation to express a constantly increasing number of objects and distinctions ...
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... admit a third link in the chain of phenomena , which they call a Perception , and which consists in the recognition of an external object as the exciting cause of the sensation . This perception , they say , is an act of the mind ...
... admit a third link in the chain of phenomena , which they call a Perception , and which consists in the recognition of an external object as the exciting cause of the sensation . This perception , they say , is an act of the mind ...
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... admit of analysis ; it is com- pounded of likenesses between the various parts respectively , and of like- ness in their arrangement . Of how vast a variety of resemblances of parts must that resemblance be composed , which induces us ...
... admit of analysis ; it is com- pounded of likenesses between the various parts respectively , and of like- ness in their arrangement . Of how vast a variety of resemblances of parts must that resemblance be composed , which induces us ...
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... admit of its being said that the two relations resemble ; provided , of course , the points of resemblance are found in those portions of the two phenomena respectively which are connoted by the relative names . While speaking of ...
... admit of its being said that the two relations resemble ; provided , of course , the points of resemblance are found in those portions of the two phenomena respectively which are connoted by the relative names . While speaking of ...
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affirmed animal antecedent applied Archbishop Whately argument ascer ascertained assertion attri attribute axioms believe body called cause character circumstances co-existence colour common conceive conception conclusion connotation consequent considered copula deductive definition degree denote distinction doctrine duction effect empirical laws ence equal evidence example exist experience expression fact fallacy feelings generalisation genus ground human idea individual induction inference inquiry instance kind knowledge known language laws of causation laws of nature Logic logicians major premise meaning ment mental merely Method of Agreement Method of Difference mind mode motion object observation particular peculiar persons pheno phenomena phenomenon philosophy position possess predicate premises principle produced properties proposition proved ratiocination reason resemblance result scientific sensations sense Sir William Hamilton Socrates species stances substances sufficient supposed syllogism term theory things thought tion true truth uniformity universal universal proposition Whewell word
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