This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...are nowhere. Reduced to proper form, the given arguments read as follows: (a) If the weather does not turn fine, the match is to be post-poned. The weather has not turned fine..-. The match is to be postponed. (Modus Ponens.) (b) If men are not served punctually, they are displeased. Mr. X. is served punctually..-. He ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...are nowhere. Reduced to proper form, the given arguments read as follows: (a) If the weather does not turn fine, the match is to be post-poned. The weather has not turned fine..-. The match is to be postponed. (Modus Ponens.) (b) If men are not served punctually, they are displeased. Mr. X. is served punctually..-. He must be pleased. (Rejection of Antecedent.) (c) If the cat is away, the mice are everywhere. But the mice are not anywhere..-. The cat must be about. Here the argument is sound (Modus Tollens), though the minor, in rejecting the consequent through its contrary instead of through its contradictory, states more than is necessary for drawing the conclusion. The mood is there-fore a ' strengthened mood.' 3, Annex the proper conclusion (if any) to the following premisses: (a) If the earth did not rotate on its axis, there would be no alternation of day and night, whereas this alternation does actually occur (Welton). (Modus Tollens.) Ergo: The Earth does rotate on its axis. (b) If no men were mad, asylums would be useless; but they are not useless (Welton). (Modus Tollens.) Ergo: 'Some men are mad, ' the contradictory of the antecedent. (c) If all men were reasonable, all would be contented; but some are unreasonable. This involves rejection of the antecedent; for even if 'unreasonable ' be taken as the term contrary to reasonable, the 'unreasonable ' would still be included under 'those who are not reasonable.' Thus no conclusion can be drawn. The Transversion of the Hypothetical Syllogism into Categorical Form. The Modus Ponens can be transverted as follows: The case of A (being accepted) is the case of C (being accepted). This is the case of A (being accepted)..-. This is the case of C (being accepted). (Barbara, Fig. I.) It should not be forgott...
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