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... whatever we know of the term undecomposable substance we may assert of element . 1 In strictness we should add , by our present means . The example , Iron is the most useful of the THE TRUE PRINCIPLE OF REASONING . 13.
... whatever we know of the term undecomposable substance we may assert of element . 1 In strictness we should add , by our present means . The example , Iron is the most useful of the THE TRUE PRINCIPLE OF REASONING . 13.
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... Iron is the most useful of the metals ; hardly needs quantification of the predicate , for it is evidently of the form- Iron = the most useful of the metals , the terms being both singular terms , and con- vertible with each other . We ...
... Iron is the most useful of the metals ; hardly needs quantification of the predicate , for it is evidently of the form- Iron = the most useful of the metals , the terms being both singular terms , and con- vertible with each other . We ...
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... Iron , when B might mean the cheapest of the metals , or the most useful of the metals . In another example which we have used A would mean element , and B that which cannot be decomposed , and so on . The fun- damental principle of ...
... Iron , when B might mean the cheapest of the metals , or the most useful of the metals . In another example which we have used A would mean element , and B that which cannot be decomposed , and so on . The fun- damental principle of ...
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... iron as a kind of element , it may also be described as a kind of undecomposable substance . 22. Sometimes we may have two definitions of the same term , and we may then equate these to each other . Thus , according to Mr. Senior , ( 1 ) ...
... iron as a kind of element , it may also be described as a kind of undecomposable substance . 22. Sometimes we may have two definitions of the same term , and we may then equate these to each other . Thus , according to Mr. Senior , ( 1 ) ...
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... Iron = the most useful metal . ( 2 ) Iron the metal most early used by primitive nations . By substituting in ( 2 ) by means of ( 1 ) we have The most useful metal the metal most early used by primitive nations . 23. But two negative ...
... Iron = the most useful metal . ( 2 ) Iron the metal most early used by primitive nations . By substituting in ( 2 ) by means of ( 1 ) we have The most useful metal the metal most early used by primitive nations . 23. But two negative ...
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