Elementary Lessons in Logic: Deductive and Inductive : with Copious Questions and Examples, and a Vocabulary of Logical Terms |
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... connecting vowel or part of the previous word . Thus geology is logic applied to explain the formation of the earth's crust ; biology is logic applied to the phenomena of life ; psychology is logic applied to the nature of the mind ...
... connecting vowel or part of the previous word . Thus geology is logic applied to explain the formation of the earth's crust ; biology is logic applied to the phenomena of life ; psychology is logic applied to the nature of the mind ...
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... connected by a verb , make up an assertion or proposition ; and three such propositions make up an argument , called in , this case a syllogism . Hence it is natural and conve- nient first to describe terms , as the simplest parts ...
... connected by a verb , make up an assertion or proposition ; and three such propositions make up an argument , called in , this case a syllogism . Hence it is natural and conve- nient first to describe terms , as the simplest parts ...
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... connection with anything else " ( Latin ab , from , and solutus , loosed ) ; whereas relative means that which is carried in thought , at least , into connection with something else . Hence a relative term denotes an object which cannot ...
... connection with anything else " ( Latin ab , from , and solutus , loosed ) ; whereas relative means that which is carried in thought , at least , into connection with something else . Hence a relative term denotes an object which cannot ...
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... connected with the Anglo - Saxon mid , or middle ; or it denotes what is low - minded and base , being then derived from the Anglo - Saxon Gemæne , which means 66 that belonging to the mone or many , " whatever in short is vulgar . The ...
... connected with the Anglo - Saxon mid , or middle ; or it denotes what is low - minded and base , being then derived from the Anglo - Saxon Gemæne , which means 66 that belonging to the mone or many , " whatever in short is vulgar . The ...
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... connected with it so as to become closely as- sociated in thought . Thus , in Parliamentary language , the House means either the chamber in which the mem- bers meet , or it means the body of members who happen to be assembled in it at ...
... connected with it so as to become closely as- sociated in thought . Thus , in Parliamentary language , the House means either the chamber in which the mem- bers meet , or it means the body of members who happen to be assembled in it at ...
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ABCD ambiguous angles animal antecedent applied argument Aristotle assert belong bodies brittle called cause character circumstances combinations common compound conclusion connotation considered consists contains contrapositive conversion copula Crown 8vo defined definition denote disjunctive syllogism distinct distinguished earth Edition effect elementary employed equal exactly example exist experiment explained expressed fact fallacy fallacy of accident false Fcap figure genus geometrical gism give gravitation Greek heat hypothetical hypothetical syllogism Illicit Major Induction inference instance iron kind knowledge known language Latin Laws of Thought LESSON Logic logicians major premise major term material fallacies Mathematical meaning ment metals are elements method middle term mind minor term mode moods moon nature negative notion objects observed particular perfect planets possess predicate properties prove qualities quantity reader reasoning rules sentence simple species substances syllogism theory things tion treated treatise triangle true truth universal verb words
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