An Introduction to Logicat the Clarendon Press, 1916 - 608 pages |
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abstract affirmative alternatives animal argument Aristotle assert assertoric attributes belong called categorical proposition causal relation cause character circumstances colour common conceived conception conclusion concrete connexion connotative deductive definition denote deny determine differentia disjunctive distinction distinguish distribution of terms division doctrine effect epilepsy equally example exhibit existence experience explain expressed extension F. H. Bradley facts fallacy false figure follows genus gism Hence hypothesis hypothetical implies individual inductive reasoning inference infra instances involved J. S. Mill judgement kind knowledge laws Logic major premiss major term matter means Method middle term Mill minor term moods nature necessary negative occurs particular phenomenon principles Priscian produce proper names proposition prove question realize rule sense signify species subject and predicate substance supposed supra syllogism syllogistic symbols theory things thought tion triangle true truth universal universal proposition valid words δὲ καὶ τὸ
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Page 400 - Why is a single instance, in some cases, sufficient for a complete induction ; while in others, myriads of concurring instances, without a single exception known or presumed, go such a very little way towards establishing a universal proposition ? Whoever can answer this question, knows more of the philosophy of logic than the wisest of the ancients, and has solved the problem of induction.
Page 580 - That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.
Page 207 - ... this relation is possible in two different ways. Either the predicate B belongs to the subject A, as something which is (covertly) contained in this concept A; or B lies outside the concept A, although it does indeed stand in connection with it. In the one case I entitle the judgment analytic, in the other synthetic.
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Page 569 - Fallacy : for since in any course of argument, one Premiss is usually suppressed, it frequently happens, in the case of a Fallacy, that the hearers are left to the alternative of supplying either a Premiss which is not true, or else, one which does not prove the conclusion ; eg if a man expatiates on the distress of the country, and thence argues that the government is tyrannical, we must suppose him to assume either that " every distressed country is under a tyranny...
Page 584 - The only proof capable of being given that an object is visible is that people actually see it. The only proof that a sound is audible is that people hear it; and so of the other sources of our experience. In like manner, I apprehend, the sole evidence it is possible to produce that anything is desirable is that people do actually desire it.
Page 432 - If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation have only one circumstance in common, the circumstance in which alone all the instances agree is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon.