...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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)....

...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...

...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,...

...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,...