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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... term Necessity 4. A motive not always the antici- pation of a pleasure or a pain CHAPTER III . 547 547 549 551 1. Are Social Phenomena a subject of Science ? 2. Of what nature the Social Science must be CHAPTER VII . Of the Chemicol ...
... term Necessity 4. A motive not always the antici- pation of a pleasure or a pain CHAPTER III . 547 547 549 551 1. Are Social Phenomena a subject of Science ? 2. Of what nature the Social Science must be CHAPTER VII . Of the Chemicol ...
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... term , the analysis of the mental process which takes place whenever we reason , and by the latter , the rules , grounded on that analysis , for conducting the pro- cess correctly . There can be no doubt as to the propriety of the emen ...
... term , the analysis of the mental process which takes place whenever we reason , and by the latter , the rules , grounded on that analysis , for conducting the pro- cess correctly . There can be no doubt as to the propriety of the emen ...
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... terms Reasoning and Argumentation . These various operations might be brought within the compass of the science , and the additional advantage be obtained of a very simple defini- tion , if , by an extension of the term , sanctioned by ...
... terms Reasoning and Argumentation . These various operations might be brought within the compass of the science , and the additional advantage be obtained of a very simple defini- tion , if , by an extension of the term , sanctioned by ...
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... term ; but this seems a needless multiplica- tion of technical expressions . A mixed term is , in the only useful sense of the word , Categorematic . It belongs to the class of what have been called many - worded names . For , as one ...
... term ; but this seems a needless multiplica- tion of technical expressions . A mixed term is , in the only useful sense of the word , Categorematic . It belongs to the class of what have been called many - worded names . For , as one ...
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... term is one which signifies a subject only , or an attribute only . A connotative term is one which denotes a subject , and implies an attribute . By a subject is here meant anything which possesses attributes . Thus John , or London ...
... term is one which signifies a subject only , or an attribute only . A connotative term is one which denotes a subject , and implies an attribute . By a subject is here meant anything which possesses attributes . Thus John , or London ...
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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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