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... regard the facts , there is self - evident involution or implication ; and if we regard the mind of the reasoner , there is intuitive discernment at every step of the process . The operation just described is termed reason- ing equally ...
... regard the facts , there is self - evident involution or implication ; and if we regard the mind of the reasoner , there is intuitive discernment at every step of the process . The operation just described is termed reason- ing equally ...
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... regard to the latter proposition , viz . that " drawing these inferences is not reasoning , " we are precluded from assuming this to have been their meaning , for it would be inconsistent with their own practice , which is constantly to ...
... regard to the latter proposition , viz . that " drawing these inferences is not reasoning , " we are precluded from assuming this to have been their meaning , for it would be inconsistent with their own practice , which is constantly to ...
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... regard to both , applying to them in common such terms as proofs , premises , consequences , inferences , conclu- sions , and making use , in both cases , of the same causal and illative conjunctions , because , inasmuch , then ...
... regard to both , applying to them in common such terms as proofs , premises , consequences , inferences , conclu- sions , and making use , in both cases , of the same causal and illative conjunctions , because , inasmuch , then ...
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... regard to which there is fair scope for diversity of taste and judgment ) , it will at all events enable me to ex- plain my views with sufficient precision : respect- ing the latter , I am not aware that there ever has been any ...
... regard to which there is fair scope for diversity of taste and judgment ) , it will at all events enable me to ex- plain my views with sufficient precision : respect- ing the latter , I am not aware that there ever has been any ...
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... regard the middle of each stripe , are so insensibly blended together that it is impossible to perceive where one ends and the other begins , yet no one on this account denies the existence of the seven prismatic colours or the ...
... regard the middle of each stripe , are so insensibly blended together that it is impossible to perceive where one ends and the other begins , yet no one on this account denies the existence of the seven prismatic colours or the ...
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