Fallacies: A View of Logic from the Practical Side |
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absence abstract proposition accepted admit already analogy application argument argumentum ad hominem Aristotle asser assertor attempt belief burden of proof called cause co-existence cogency concrete proposition contradiction contraposition copula course danger deductive definition denial denied difficulty Disproof distinction doctrine doubt employed error essential evidence example exclusive disjunction exists explanation expression fact fallacy false formal adequacy further generalised given Ignoratio elenchi implied important indication Inference inquiry instance intended kind knowledge language law of counter-indication least less Logic matter meaning merely method Method of Agreement Method of Difference middle term nature non-M non-S noticed objection observed perhaps Petitio principii points of difference positive possible practical premiss present Principle prove purpose question Reason recognised regards resemblance rule seems sense simple sufficient supposed Syllogism syllogistic syllogistic fallacies Tautology term theory Thesis thing tion true typhoid fever unreal verbal whole wider words
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Page 67 - When Poverty comes in at the Door, love flies out of the Window.
Page 330 - If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation have only one circumstance in common, the circumstance in which alone all the instances agree is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon.
Page 333 - If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation occurs, and an instance in which it does not occur, have every circumstance in common save one, that one occurring only in the former; the circumstance in which alone the two instances differ is the effect, or the cause, or an indispensable part of the cause, of the phenomenon.
Page 188 - I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face.
Page 150 - The burden of proof as to any particular fact lies on that person who wishes the Court to believe in its existence unless it is provided by any law that the proof of that fact shall lie on any particular person.