Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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... proposition by which it may be affirmative or negative is called its quality , and besides affirmative and negative there is no third possibility with respect to quality . Combining now the quantitative and qualitative aspects of ...
... proposition by which it may be affirmative or negative is called its quality , and besides affirmative and negative there is no third possibility with respect to quality . Combining now the quantitative and qualitative aspects of ...
Page 178
... proposition , while the subject terms of particu- lar propositions are necessarily undistributed . With predicate terms the matter is more complex , but our study of the process of conversion gives some help . Since the E and the I ...
... proposition , while the subject terms of particu- lar propositions are necessarily undistributed . With predicate terms the matter is more complex , but our study of the process of conversion gives some help . Since the E and the I ...
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... proposition are combined in a given combi- set of premises . There are ten possibilities for a syllogism of nations ... proposition followed by an E proposition will not yield the same conclusion as an E proposition followed by an A , if ...
... proposition are combined in a given combi- set of premises . There are ten possibilities for a syllogism of nations ... proposition followed by an E proposition will not yield the same conclusion as an E proposition followed by an A , if ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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