The Substitution of Similars: The True Principle of Reasoning, Derived from a Modification of Aristotle's Dictum |
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... assert our freedom of inquiry ; in his uncouth logical writings are to be found most original hints , and in editing his papers his nephew George Bentham pointed out the all - important key to a thorough logical reform , the ...
... assert our freedom of inquiry ; in his uncouth logical writings are to be found most original hints , and in editing his papers his nephew George Bentham pointed out the all - important key to a thorough logical reform , the ...
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... asserted of the subject metal , and the force of the assertion consists , as usually considered , in making the class of metals a part of the class of elements . The verb , or copula , are , denotes inclusion of the metals among the ...
... asserted of the subject metal , and the force of the assertion consists , as usually considered , in making the class of metals a part of the class of elements . The verb , or copula , are , denotes inclusion of the metals among the ...
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... asserted of the other ? Does not the dictum , in short , apply in both directions , now that the two terms are indifferently subject and predicate ? 12. To illustrate this we may first quantify the predicate of our own former example ...
... asserted of the other ? Does not the dictum , in short , apply in both directions , now that the two terms are indifferently subject and predicate ? 12. To illustrate this we may first quantify the predicate of our own former example ...
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... asserts an identity it implies the inclusion of metals among elements . But it is an accidental pecu- liarity of this form that the dictum only applies usefully in one direction , since if we already know what metals are we must know ...
... asserts an identity it implies the inclusion of metals among elements . But it is an accidental pecu- liarity of this form that the dictum only applies usefully in one direction , since if we already know what metals are we must know ...
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... assert of the distinct term undecomposable substance ; and , vice versa , 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 ...
... assert of the distinct term undecomposable substance ; and , vice versa , 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 ...
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