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... nature of our judgment and the degree of our assent or dis- sent , whether it be certain , approximating to certainty , or faltering . Thus it might be maintained that the fol- lowing should be accepted as instances of the ultimate ...
... nature of our judgment and the degree of our assent or dis- sent , whether it be certain , approximating to certainty , or faltering . Thus it might be maintained that the fol- lowing should be accepted as instances of the ultimate ...
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... nature of the copula adopted in Mill's Logic , vol . i . ch . 4 , § 2. In support of the view taken in the text , he may refer to Sir W. Hamilton's Review of Whately's Logic , reprinted in the Discussions on Philosophy , & c . , and to ...
... nature of the copula adopted in Mill's Logic , vol . i . ch . 4 , § 2. In support of the view taken in the text , he may refer to Sir W. Hamilton's Review of Whately's Logic , reprinted in the Discussions on Philosophy , & c . , and to ...
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... substantive . They must either be prefixed to a substantive or predicated of it : we cannot say ' human ' alone ; we must either speak of ' human being , ' ' human nature , ' & c . , D or say , ' So and so is human .
... substantive . They must either be prefixed to a substantive or predicated of it : we cannot say ' human ' alone ; we must either speak of ' human being , ' ' human nature , ' & c . , D or say , ' So and so is human .
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... nature . Now that portion of the definition which is common to the term defined and to the other terms with which it has been compared is called the genus , the term defined standing to it in the relation of a species , as has already ...
... nature . Now that portion of the definition which is common to the term defined and to the other terms with which it has been compared is called the genus , the term defined standing to it in the relation of a species , as has already ...
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... nominal definitions , meaning by a real definition the explication of the nature of a thing , by a nominal definition the explication of the meaning of a term . The first would give an answer to such a question as 54 DEFINITIONS .
... nominal definitions , meaning by a real definition the explication of the nature of a thing , by a nominal definition the explication of the meaning of a term . The first would give an answer to such a question as 54 DEFINITIONS .
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