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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... included , either in the best , or even in the most current , conception of the scope and province of our science . The employment of the word Logic to denote the theory of Argumentation , is derived from the Aristotelian , or , as they ...
... included , either in the best , or even in the most current , conception of the scope and province of our science . The employment of the word Logic to denote the theory of Argumentation , is derived from the Aristotelian , or , as they ...
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... included too little , that which is now suggested has the opposite fault of including too much . Truths are known to us in two ways : some are known directly , and of themselves ; some through the medium of other truths . The former are ...
... included too little , that which is now suggested has the opposite fault of including too much . Truths are known to us in two ways : some are known directly , and of themselves ; some through the medium of other truths . The former are ...
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... included . But if we begin with names , and use them as our clue to the things , we bring at once before us all the distinctions which have been recognised , not by a single inquirer , but by all inquirers taken together . It doubtless ...
... included . But if we begin with names , and use them as our clue to the things , we bring at once before us all the distinctions which have been recognised , not by a single inquirer , but by all inquirers taken together . It doubtless ...
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... included another insertion , namely , that John Nokes was mayor of the town . But this last assertion was already made : we did not make it by adding the predicate , " died yesterday . ' Suppose , however , that the words had been ...
... included another insertion , namely , that John Nokes was mayor of the town . But this last assertion was already made : we did not make it by adding the predicate , " died yesterday . ' Suppose , however , that the words had been ...
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... included whatever we are internally conscious of when we are said to think ; from the conscious- ness we have when we think of a red colour without having it before our eyes , to the most recondite thoughts of a philosopher or poet . Be ...
... included whatever we are internally conscious of when we are said to think ; from the conscious- ness we have when we think of a red colour without having it before our eyes , to the most recondite thoughts of a philosopher or poet . Be ...
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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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