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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... succession of states of Society can only be ascer- tained by the Inverse Deductive Method 5. Social Statics , or the science of the Co - existences of Social Pheno- mena .. .. 6. Social Dynamics , or the science of the Successions of ...
... succession of states of Society can only be ascer- tained by the Inverse Deductive Method 5. Social Statics , or the science of the Co - existences of Social Pheno- mena .. .. 6. Social Dynamics , or the science of the Successions of ...
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... succession however , not simul- ⚫ names . It may be part of the mean - taneously ; since the meaning of the ing of the connotative name itself , that there can exist but one individual possessing the attribute which it con- notes : as ...
... succession however , not simul- ⚫ names . It may be part of the mean - taneously ; since the meaning of the ing of the connotative name itself , that there can exist but one individual possessing the attribute which it con- notes : as ...
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... succession of the two objects a third thing ; but their succession is not something added to the things themselves ; it is something involved in them . Dawn and sunrise announce themselves to our conscious- ness by two successive ...
... succession of the two objects a third thing ; but their succession is not something added to the things themselves ; it is something involved in them . Dawn and sunrise announce themselves to our conscious- ness by two successive ...
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... succession is nothing but our employment of terms expressive of feeling of succession . Or , if this be approbation or blame . When , for disputed , ( and we cannot , without example , we say of any character , or transgressing the ...
... succession is nothing but our employment of terms expressive of feeling of succession . Or , if this be approbation or blame . When , for disputed , ( and we cannot , without example , we say of any character , or transgressing the ...
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... succession and simultaneity , are similarly grounded on some fact or phenomenon , that is , on some series of sensations or states of consciousness , more or less complicated . The third species of Attribute , Quantity , is also mani ...
... succession and simultaneity , are similarly grounded on some fact or phenomenon , that is , on some series of sensations or states of consciousness , more or less complicated . The third species of Attribute , Quantity , is also mani ...
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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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