The syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the root of the matter) are confused and overhastily abstracted from the facts, there can be no firmness... Works of Francis Bacon - Página 70por Francis Bacon - 1863Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1885 - 562 páginas
...of words ; words are symbols of notions. Therefore, if the notions themselves — and here we have the root of the matter — are confused and over-hastily...Our only hope therefore lies in a true Induction." Is not this something like reasoning in a circle ? We cannot perform the perfect and true Induction... | |
| 1908 - 768 páginas
...of the thing. XIV The syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves...lies in a true induction. XV There is no soundness b our notions whether logical or physical. Substance, Quality, Action, Passion, Essence itself, are... | |
| James Seth - 1912 - 394 páginas
...subtlety of nature.'3 'The syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves...Our only hope therefore lies in a true induction.' 4 ' Men . . . must force themselves for awhile to lay their notions by and begin to familiarise themselves... | |
| Paul Carus - 1923 - 654 páginas
...itself manifest. "The Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore, if the notions themselves...Our only hope therefore lies in a true induction." 28 Bacon argues in a circle. Induction, he says, is exclusion of forms and, also, induction is accurate... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1928 - 558 páginas
...of the thing. XIV. The syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves...facts, there can be no firmness in the superstructure. i Our only hope therefore lies in a true induction. xv. There is no soundness in our notions whether... | |
| Brian Vickers - 1986 - 428 páginas
...propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves are confused and over-hastily abstracted from the...facts, there can be no firmness in the superstructure" (IV,49). In the famous analysis that follows of the idola, the illusions or false appearances that... | |
| Lynn McDonald - 1996 - 412 páginas
...hold of the thing. The syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves...facts, there can be no firmness in the superstructure. (260) To add insult to injury, Bacon later suggested that animals had some power of syllogizing (342).... | |
| Markku Peltonen - 1996 - 406 páginas
...notions. And the same inductive procedure prevails for notions. "Propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves...Our only hope therefore lies in a true induction" (IV, 49). The mind begins with empirical notions that are ill determined and do not follow the exact... | |
| Owen Goldin, Patricia Kilroe - 1997 - 276 páginas
...of the thing. 14. The syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves...Our only hope therefore lies in a true induction. 1 5. There is no soundness in our notions, whether logical or physical. Substance, Quality, Action,... | |
| Joseph Marie comte de Maistre - 1998 - 408 páginas
...propositions consist of words, [and] words are the symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions ... are confused and over-hastily abstracted from the...superstructure. Our only hope therefore lies in a true induction."30 First let us parody this piece to sense its ridiculousness. Induction consists of propositions,... | |
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