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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... phenomena is the Law of Causation 2. ie . the law that every con- sequent has an invariable ante- cedent 3. The cause of a phenomenon is the assemblage of its conditions 4. The distinction of agent and patient illusory 5. Case in which ...
... phenomena is the Law of Causation 2. ie . the law that every con- sequent has an invariable ante- cedent 3. The cause of a phenomenon is the assemblage of its conditions 4. The distinction of agent and patient illusory 5. Case in which ...
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... phenomenon can- not have more than one cause 8. Prejudice that the conditions of a phenomenon must resemble the phenomenon 489 491 8. How fallacies of generalisation grow out of bad classification CHAPTER VI . Fallacies of Ratiocination ...
... phenomenon can- not have more than one cause 8. Prejudice that the conditions of a phenomenon must resemble the phenomenon 489 491 8. How fallacies of generalisation grow out of bad classification CHAPTER VI . Fallacies of Ratiocination ...
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... phenomenon , into which the two things which are said to be related to each other , both enter as parties con- cerned . This fact , or phenomenon , is what the Aristotelian logicians called the fundamentum relationis . Thus in the ...
... phenomenon , into which the two things which are said to be related to each other , both enter as parties con- cerned . This fact , or phenomenon , is what the Aristotelian logicians called the fundamentum relationis . Thus in the ...
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... phenomenon into which the related minds . Every attribute of a mind objects enter as parts ; that fact or consists either in being itself affected phenomenon having no meaning and in a certain way , or affecting other no existence to us ...
... phenomenon into which the related minds . Every attribute of a mind objects enter as parts ; that fact or consists either in being itself affected phenomenon having no meaning and in a certain way , or affecting other no existence to us ...
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... phenomenon , heat . When I mean to assert anything respecting the ideas , I give them their proper name ; I call ... phenomena which they respectively express , ) seems to me one of the most fatal errors ever introduced into the ...
... phenomenon , heat . When I mean to assert anything respecting the ideas , I give them their proper name ; I call ... phenomena which they respectively express , ) seems to me one of the most fatal errors ever introduced into 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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