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... instances of these products or results of thought . Man , good , manliness , goodness , the good- ness of man , the virtue of manliness , are all instances of Terms . This man is good , ' ' All citizens of a state are under an ...
... instances of these products or results of thought . Man , good , manliness , goodness , the good- ness of man , the virtue of manliness , are all instances of Terms . This man is good , ' ' All citizens of a state are under an ...
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... instances of adjectives and par- ticiples used substantively , and generally every term , being neither singular , collective , nor common , which may be employed both as the subject and as the predicate of a proposition . There remains ...
... instances of adjectives and par- ticiples used substantively , and generally every term , being neither singular , collective , nor common , which may be employed both as the subject and as the predicate of a proposition . There remains ...
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... instances of the ultimate analysis of a logical proposition : ' This is certainly the man I saw yesterday , ' ' This is probably the man I saw yesterday , ' ' This is possibly the man I saw yesterday . ' That we use these forms in ...
... instances of the ultimate analysis of a logical proposition : ' This is certainly the man I saw yesterday , ' ' This is probably the man I saw yesterday , ' ' This is possibly the man I saw yesterday . ' That we use these forms in ...
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... instance , ' All men are animals , ' or ' All men are rational animals , ' but we cannot say ' All animals are men . ' Now , if the predicate be equivalent in extent to the subject , it is either a Synonym as A wold is a down , ' or a ...
... instance , ' All men are animals , ' or ' All men are rational animals , ' but we cannot say ' All animals are men . ' Now , if the predicate be equivalent in extent to the subject , it is either a Synonym as A wold is a down , ' or a ...
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... instances ' Socrates is a philosopher , ' ' Socrates is an Athenian citizen , ' ' The House of Commons is a branch of the legislature , ' the predicate is related to the subject as a group of individuals to an individual , i . e . as a ...
... instances ' Socrates is a philosopher , ' ' Socrates is an Athenian citizen , ' ' The House of Commons is a branch of the legislature , ' the predicate is related to the subject as a group of individuals to an individual , i . e . as a ...
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abstract terms act or operation affirmed or denied ambiguity analysis argument Aristotle asserted attribute or group called CHAPTER collective term College common terms conclusion conjunctive consequently copula Crown 8vo deductive inference defined definition differentia disjunctive disjunctive proposition disjunctive syllogism distinction distinguish distributed distribution of terms division Edited employed English Euathlus fallacy formerly Fellow fourteenth legion genus gism group of attributes group of individuals human ignoratio elenchi immediate inference inasmuch incorrect thoughts induction instances language legitimate Logic logicians major premiss meaning minor Molière moods negative Note noticed older logicians ordinary Oriel College Oxford P. G. TAIT particular premiss permutation Philosophy poets predicate probably proposition reasoning rectilineal figure regarded relation Roman senate rules saw yesterday shews simply singular and collective singular or collective singular term Socrates species student subaltern subject and predicate substantive syllogism tenth legion term expressive tion true universal verb virtue
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Page 132 - ... which, as already noticed, is one case of the fallacy of ambiguous terms. Thus to argue, because there are certain points of resemblance between the development of the individual and the development of the race, that, therefore, since the individual dies, the race will probably die also, or, because there are certain points of resemblance between the earth and the other planets, that, therefore, the other planets are certainly, or very probably, inhabited, would both be instances of false analogy,...