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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... conclusion in which the best thinkers are now for the most part agreed , that all we can know of Matter is the sensations which it gives us , and the order of occurrence of those sensations ; and that while the substance Body is the ...
... conclusion in which the best thinkers are now for the most part agreed , that all we can know of Matter is the sensations which it gives us , and the order of occurrence of those sensations ; and that while the substance Body is the ...
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... conclusion . We should only have to assume as a pre- mise the definition of a nonentity ; or rather of a name which has no entity corresponding to it . Let this , for instance , be our definition : A dragon is a serpent breathing flame ...
... conclusion . We should only have to assume as a pre- mise the definition of a nonentity ; or rather of a name which has no entity corresponding to it . Let this , for instance , be our definition : A dragon is a serpent breathing flame ...
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... conclusion is , Some word or words which mean a serpent , also mean a thing which breathes flame : where the conclusion ( as well as the premises ) is true , and is the only kind of conclusion which can ever follow from a definition ...
... conclusion is , Some word or words which mean a serpent , also mean a thing which breathes flame : where the conclusion ( as well as the premises ) is true , and is the only kind of conclusion which can ever follow from a definition ...
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... conclusion that our reasonings are grounded on the matters of fact postu- lated in definitions , and not on the de- finitions themselves , entirely unaffect - attributes which it connotes , the ob- ed ; and accordingly this conclusion ...
... conclusion that our reasonings are grounded on the matters of fact postu- lated in definitions , and not on the de- finitions themselves , entirely unaffect - attributes which it connotes , the ob- ed ; and accordingly this conclusion ...
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... conclusion from something else , is to reason , in the most extensive sense of the term . There is a narrower sense ... conclude one proposition from another , but to repeat a second time something which had been as- serted at first ...
... conclusion from something else , is to reason , in the most extensive sense of the term . There is a narrower sense ... conclude one proposition from another , but to repeat a second time something which had been as- serted at first ...
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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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