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... Mill , as the recognised authorities on the subject . These Lessons in fact may be regarded as an easy introduction to some of the most important parts of Mr Mill's treatise on Logic . At the end of almost every Lesson will be found ...
... Mill , as the recognised authorities on the subject . These Lessons in fact may be regarded as an easy introduction to some of the most important parts of Mr Mill's treatise on Logic . At the end of almost every Lesson will be found ...
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... Mill goes back to the things themselves concerning which we argue . Is the subject of logic , then , language , thought , or objects ? The simplest and truest answer is to say that it treats in a certain sense of all three . Inasmuch as ...
... Mill goes back to the things themselves concerning which we argue . Is the subject of logic , then , language , thought , or objects ? The simplest and truest answer is to say that it treats in a certain sense of all three . Inasmuch as ...
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... Mill , by saying that a concrete name is the name of a thing , the abstract name is the name of a quality , attribute , or circumstance of a thing . Thus red house is the name of a physically- existing thing , and is concrete ; redness ...
... Mill , by saying that a concrete name is the name of a thing , the abstract name is the name of a quality , attribute , or circumstance of a thing . Thus red house is the name of a physically- existing thing , and is concrete ; redness ...
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... Mill's chapter on Names , System of Logic Book I. chap . 2 . LESSON IV . OF THE AMBIGUITY OF TERMS . THERE is no part of Logic which is more really useful than that which treats of the ambiguity of terms , that is of the uncertainty and ...
... Mill's chapter on Names , System of Logic Book I. chap . 2 . LESSON IV . OF THE AMBIGUITY OF TERMS . THERE is no part of Logic which is more really useful than that which treats of the ambiguity of terms , that is of the uncertainty and ...
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... Mill among modern logical writers , and are very apt for the purpose . To denote is to mark down , and the name marks the things to which it may be applied or affixed ; thus metal denotes gold , silver , cop- per , & c . To connote is ...
... Mill among modern logical writers , and are very apt for the purpose . To denote is to mark down , and the name marks the things to which it may be applied or affixed ; thus metal denotes gold , silver , cop- per , & c . To connote is ...
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