 | 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'... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 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... | |
 | 1848 - 544 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... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 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... | |
 | Asa Mahan - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1858 - 666 pages
...the syllogism, and the functions it performs in philosophy, appears to me impossible ; but which seem to have been either overlooked, or insufficiently...the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. When wo say, All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal ; it is unanswerably urged... | |
 | William Stebbing - 1864 - 188 pages
...process is one of inference, ie a process from the known to the unknown. Its assailants say, and truly, that in every syllogism, considered as an argument...prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii; and Dr. Whately's defence of it, that its object is to unfold assertions wrapped up and implied (ie... | |
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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, is presupposed in the more general assumption, All men... 
