 | 1843 - 832 pages
...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' — it is unanswerahly urged hy the adversaries of the syllogistic theory, that the proposition, Socrates is... | |
 | 1843 - 1380 pages
...syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. When we say — ' All men are mortal. Socrates is a man ;...the mortality of all men, unless we were previously certain of the mortality of every individual man ; that if it be still doubtful whether Socrates, or... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1846 - 574 pages
...known, or assumed to be ' known before ?' We are told : ' When we say, All men are mortal; Socrat«s is a man; therefore, Socrates is mortal: it is unanswerably...the mortality of all men, unless we were previously certain of the mortality of every individual man: that if it be still doubtful whether Socrates, or... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1846 - 630 pages
...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...the mortality of all men, unless we were previously certain of the mortality of every individual man : that if it be still doubtful whether Socrates, or... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1851 - 530 pages
...syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. When we say, All men are mortal Socrates is a man therefore...unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic f. I theory, that the proposition, Socrates is mortal, is presupposed in the more general assumption,... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1856 - 266 pages
...are mortal ; Socrates is a man ; Therefore, Socrates is mortal ; LOGICAL VALUE OK THE SYLLOGISM. 227 it is unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the...the mortality of all men, unless we were previously certain of the mortality of every individual man : that if it be still doubtful whether Socrates, or... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1856 - 268 pages
...syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. When we say, All men 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 syllogistic... | |
 | Asa Mahan - 1857 - 400 pages
...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,...be assured of the mortality of all men, unless we are previously certain of the mortality of every individual man ; that if it be still doubtfiil whether... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Joseph Haven - 1857 - 612 pages
...unknown. The very construction of the syllogism, it is said, involves a pctitio vrincipii. "When I say, All men are mortal ; Socrates is a man ; therefore, Socrates is mortal ; the major premiss, it is said, affirms the very thing to be proved ; that Socrates is mortal is virtually... | |
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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 theory, that the proposition, Socrates is mortal... 
