 | 1884 - 538 pages
...intended to explain in a circuitous and paraphrastic manner, the meaning of the word class''' (K) " It must be granted that in every syllogism considered...as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a jtetitio principii." 7. Discuss any objections that have been made to Mill's theory of the syllogism.... | |
 | 1882 - 498 pages
...induction must necessarily be in the form of a general proposition. 6. Explain the following statement : " In every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii," and reconcile it with the commonly received notion that the syllogism- is a process of proof. 7. Examine... | |
 | 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 particularscan prove any thing, since from a general principle... | |
 | 1885 - 520 pages
...Things ? 2. Must definition be per genus et differ entiam? Give your reasons. 3. May it be truly said that " in every syllogism, considered as an argument...prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii " ? If so, on what grounds ? If not, why not ? 4. What is meant by the Composition of Causes ? Is there... | |
 | John Stuart Mill, Alfred Henry Killick - 1888 - 288 pages
...new, and distinct from whnt has been asserted in major premiss ?) " It must be granted," says Mill, " that in every Syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is such a Petitio Principii" ie, no really new fact is asserted in conclusion. This will be clearly shown... | |
 | William Fleming - 1890 - 458 pages
...therefore, when applied to any proposal, is sufficient without argument to condemn it. Mill maintains that, " in every syllogism, considered as an argument...Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal; it is unreasonably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic theory, that the proposition Socrates is mortal... | |
 | Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - 1892 - 490 pages
...syllogism. But its Galenian origin is more than doubtful. P. 325, § 190. Cf. Mill's Logic, Bk. ii. ch. 3. 'In every syllogism considered as an argument to prove the conclusion there is a petitio principii' Hegel's Induction is that strictly so called or complete induction, the argument from the sum of actual... | |
 | 1909 - 942 pages
...great deal. Tfie traditional example of the reasoning process is the syllogism concerning Socrates. All men are mortal; Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal. It is the type of all reasoning. The mind passes deliberately and methodically from known premises to a conclusion... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1895 - 488 pages
...propositions by which we attempt to prove it. This objection is thus forcibly stated by Mr. Mill. " When we say, — All men are mortal : Socrates is...Therefore, Socrates is mortal ; it is unanswerably urged by tbe adversaries of the Syllogistic theory, that the proposition, ' Socrates is mortal,' is presupposed... | |
 | Pompilius Eliade (d) - 1898 - 556 pages
...quaeritur. Illius vero propria verba rettulimus, quo plonius intellegatur quid sibi voluerit boc loco : It must be granted that in every syllogism, considered...therefore Socrates is mortal ; it is unanswerably ur^ed by the adversaries of the syllogistic theory, that ihe proposition, Socrates is mortal, is presupposed... | |
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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... 
