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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... argument would have been equally conclusive , though his individual perambulations might not have extended beyond the circuit of his own tub . Whatever may be the value of what the author has succeeded in effecting on this branch of his ...
... argument would have been equally conclusive , though his individual perambulations might not have extended beyond the circuit of his own tub . Whatever may be the value of what the author has succeeded in effecting on this branch of his ...
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... argument strengthened . And I should have been well pleased if the book had undergone a much greater amount of attack , as in that case I should probably have been enabled to improve it still more than I believe I have now done ...
... argument strengthened . And I should have been well pleased if the book had undergone a much greater amount of attack , as in that case I should probably have been enabled to improve it still more than I believe I have now done ...
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... necessary in reply to his arguments . Westminster Review for October 1842 ; re- printed in Dissertations and Discussions , vol . ii . ) on these topics , it is almost univer- sally allowed 4 INTRODUCTION . Why there are deductive sciences.
... necessary in reply to his arguments . Westminster Review for October 1842 ; re- printed in Dissertations and Discussions , vol . ii . ) on these topics , it is almost univer- sally allowed 4 INTRODUCTION . Why there are deductive sciences.
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... argument breaks , the whole drops to tion of Naming ; for language is an the ground ; but one step towards an instrument of thought , as well as a analysis holds good and has an inde- means of communicating our thoughts . pendent value ...
... argument breaks , the whole drops to tion of Naming ; for language is an the ground ; but one step towards an instrument of thought , as well as a analysis holds good and has an inde- means of communicating our thoughts . pendent value ...
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... argument turns wholly upon words . There is , perhaps , which is not used in almost innumerable not one of the leading terms of philosophy shades of meaning , to express ideas more or less widely different from one another . Between two ...
... argument turns wholly upon words . There is , perhaps , which is not used in almost innumerable not one of the leading terms of philosophy shades of meaning , to express ideas more or less widely different from one another . Between two ...
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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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