 It must be granted that in every 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; it is unanswerably urged by the adversaries...  The British Quarterly Review - Seite 19herausgegeben von - 1846Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1843 - 832 Seiten
...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...general assumption, All men are mortal ; that we cannot he assured of the mortality of all men, unless wo were previously certain of the mortality of every... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1850 - 616 Seiten
...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 ; it is unanswerably...individual man : that if it be still doubtful whether Soerates, or any other individual you choose to name, be mortal or not, the same degree of uncertainty... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1851 - 530 Seiten
...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; it is...unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic f. I theory, that the proposition, Socrates is mortal, is presupposed in the more general assumption,... | |
 | Asa Mahan - 1857 - 400 Seiten
...argument to prove the conclusion, there is SLpetitio principii. When we say, All men are mortal ; Socrates is a man ; Therefore, Socrates is mortal ; it is unanswerably...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1858 - 666 Seiten
...argument to prove 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...the mortality of all men, unless we were previously certa.ll of tho mortality of every individual man : that if it be still doubtful whether Socrates,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1859 - 632 Seiten
...argument to prove die conclusion, there is a petitio principii. When we say, All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal ; it is unanswerably...mortality of all men, unless we were previously certain of t^ mortality of every individual man : that if it be still doubtful whether Socrates, or any other... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1862 - 564 Seiten
...to prove the conclusion, there is a petit io jprincipii. .When we say, All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal ; it is unanswerably...be assured of the mortality of all men, unless we are already certain of the mortality of every individual man : that if it be still doubtful whether... | |
 | Stephen Henry Emmens (writer on logic.) - 1865 - 208 Seiten
...argument to prove the conclusion, there is &petitioprincipii. "When we say, All men are mortal, Socrates is a man ; Therefore, Socrates is mortal ; it is unanswerably...be assured of the mortality of all men, unless we are already certain of the mortality of every individual man : that if it be still doubtful whether... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1865 - 582 Seiten
...assumption, All men are mortal : that we cannot be assured of the mortality of all men, unless we are already certain of the mortality of every individual man :...doubtful whether Socrates, or any other individual we choose to name, be mortal or not, the same degree of uncertainty must hang over the assertion, All... | |
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