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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... person to restore this study to the tion of particulars as are compre- rank from which it had fallen in the hended in anything which can be estimation of the cultivated class in called a science , the definition we set our own country ...
... person to restore this study to the tion of particulars as are compre- rank from which it had fallen in the hended in anything which can be estimation of the cultivated class in called a science , the definition we set our own country ...
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... person to know the truths which are needful to him , and to know them at the precise moment at which they are needful . Other pur- poses , indeed , are also served by these operations ; for instance , that of im- parting our knowledge ...
... person to know the truths which are needful to him , and to know them at the precise moment at which they are needful . Other pur- poses , indeed , are also served by these operations ; for instance , that of im- parting our knowledge ...
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... person is more likely to observe those rules , when he knows the rules , than when he is unac- quainted with them ... persons , who are said to have a sound understanding , acquire empirically in the course of their studies . Mankind ...
... person is more likely to observe those rules , when he knows the rules , than when he is unac- quainted with them ... persons , who are said to have a sound understanding , acquire empirically in the course of their studies . Mankind ...
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... person or thing which something is affirmed or denied of . The copula is the sign denoting that there is an affirmation or denial ; and thereby enabling the hearer or reader to distinguish a proposition from any other kind of discourse ...
... person or thing which something is affirmed or denied of . The copula is the sign denoting that there is an affirmation or denial ; and thereby enabling the hearer or reader to distinguish a proposition from any other kind of discourse ...
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... person can say he believes . But here instead of only one , we find two distinct objects of conception : the sun is one object ; existence is another . Let it not be said that this second conception , existence , is involved in the ...
... person can say he believes . But here instead of only one , we find two distinct objects of conception : the sun is one object ; existence is another . Let it not be said that this second conception , existence , is involved in the ...
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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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