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" When we say, All men are mortal Socrates is a man therefore -•'Socrates is mortal; it is unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic f. "
Logic: Designed as an Introduction to the Study of Reasoning - Page 147
by John Leechman - 1864 - 209 pages
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 54

England - 1843 - 832 pages
...insufficiently adverted to, hoth hy the defenders of the syllogistic theory, and hy its assailants. " It must he granted, that in every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitin principii. When wB say — ' AU men are mortal. Socrates is a man ; THEREFORE Socrates is mortal'...
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The Christian Remembrancer, Volume 6

Christianity - 1843 - 750 pages
...account of the functions and value of the syllogism, in reply to these two opinions. In the first place, it must be granted that in every syllogism, considered...prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. If the whole syllogism hangs on the major premiss ; and the major premiss cannot be true unless every...
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 4

Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1846 - 632 pages
...syllogism. We have purposely reserved our remarks upon this topic for the present place. Mr. Mill contends that " in every syllogism considered as an argument...prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii ; for, no reasoning from generals to particulars can prove any thing, since from a general principle...
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A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected ..., Volume 1

John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1846 - 630 pages
...by the defenders of the syllogistic theory and by its assailants. § 2. It must be granted that itf every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove...When we say, , . All men are mortal, . Socrates is a man, _-. . ; therefore Socrates is mortal ; it ia unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic...
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The Massachusetts Quarterly Review, Volume 1

1848 - 546 pages
...be already contained in the major ; being merely pointed out by the syllogism. Thus " it must be r. granted, that in every syllogism, considered as an...argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio prineipii." Accordingly he allows, that " no reasoning from generals to particulars can, as such, prove...
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A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected ..., Volume 1

John Stuart Mill - Philosophy - 1851 - 528 pages
...insufficiently adverted to, both by the defenders of the syllogistic theory and by its assailants. § 2. It must be granted that in every syllogism, considered...unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic f. I theory, that the proposition, Socrates is mortal, is presupposed in the more general assumption,...
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Elements of Logic: On the Basis of Lectures by William Barron ... With Large ...

James Robert Boyd - Logic - 1856 - 270 pages
...insufficiently adverted to, both by the defenders of the syllogistic theory and by its assailants. It must be granted that in every syllogism, considered...Socrates is a man ; Therefore, Socrates is mortal ; LOGICAL VALUE OF THE SYLLOGISM. 227 it is unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic...
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The North American Review, Volume 83

Jared Sparks, Henry Cabot Lodge, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell - American fiction - 1856 - 588 pages
...pressingly urged than any other, which merits some comment. " It must be granted," says Mr. Mill, " that in every syllogism, considered as an argument...prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii." For, he argues, we cannot syllogistically prove that the Duke of Wellington is mortal, except by previously...
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Elements of Logic

James Robert Boyd - 1857 - 268 pages
...are mortal ; Socrates is a man ; Therefore, Socrates is mortal ; LOGICAL VALUE OF THK SYLLOGISM. 227 it is unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the...mortal," is presupposed in the more general assumption, " AH men are mortal :" that we cannot be assured of the mortality of all men, unless we were previously...
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The Science of Logic: Or, An Analysis of the Laws of Thought

Asa Mahan - Philosophy - 1857 - 400 pages
...of the age. ERKOR OF HR. Mill, IN REGARD TO THE SYLLOGISM. " It must be granted," says Mr. Mill, " that in every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is SLpetitio principii. When we say, All men are mortal ; Socrates is a man ; Therefore, Socrates is mortal...
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