 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 of...  Hindu Logic as Preserved in China and Japan - Page 95by Sadajiro Sugiura - 1900 - 114 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1843 - 1380 pages
...assailants. " 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...Socrates is a man ; THEREFORE Socrates is mortal" — it is unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic theory, that the proposition, Socrates... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1846 - 630 pages
...2. It must be granted that itf 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 ia unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1856 - 266 pages
...assailants. 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...Socrates is a man ; Therefore, Socrates is mortal ; LOGICAL VALUE OK THE SYLLOGISM. 227 it is unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic... | |
 | Asa Mahan - 1857 - 396 pages
...granted," says Mr. Mill, " that in every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. When we say, All men...Socrates is a man ; Therefore, Socrates is mortal ; it is unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic theory that the proposition, ' Socrates... | |
 | Asa Mahan - 1857 - 400 pages
...Mill, " that in every syllogism, considered as an 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 urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic theory that the proposition, ' Socrates... | |
 | Joseph Haven - 1857 - 612 pages
...unknown. The very construction of the syllogism, it is said, involves a pctitio vrincipii. "When I say, All men are mortal ; Socrates is a man ; therefore, Socrates is mortal ; the major premiss, it is said, affirms the very thing to be proved ; that Socrates is mortal is virtually... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1858 - 666 pages
...syllogism, considered as an 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 urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic theory, that the proposition, Socrates... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1862 - 564 pages
...every syllogism, considered as an argument 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 urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic theory, that the proposition, Socrates... | |
 | John Leechman - 1864 - 244 pages
...— " 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...Socrates is a man ; therefore, Socrates is mortal ; it is unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic theory, that the proposition, Socrates... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1864 - 480 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 a man; Therefore, Socrates is mortal; it is unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the Syllogistic theory, that the proposition, ' Socrates... | |
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