A Class Room Logic: Deductive and Inductive, with Special Application to the Science and Art of TeachingMcNair, George Hastings
Philosophy
A Class Room Logic: Deductive and Inductive, with Special Application to the Science and Art of Teaching
McNair, George Hastings
Logic
(1) “If it be a good thing to have faith, then certainly he who
believes in the bible of a pagan has faith and must have a
good thing.”
(2) “If a 10-inch charge burst inside of a tank, there would
be nothing left of the tank. It would be blown into small
pieces.”
(3) “If the plate found had been originally on the outside of
the ship, I should have judged that there must be green
paint on it, but I could not find green paint on that part
of the ship.”
(4) “If I mistake not, you are the man who did not pay me for
that pair of shoes. I am sure that you are the man as I
never forget a face.”
(5) “If the maxim ‘Early to bed and early to rise makes one
healthy, wealthy and wise’ were true, I would have been a
millionaire long ago.”
(13) Define and illustrate a disjunctive argument.
(14) Exemplify the two kinds of disjunctive arguments.
(15) What is meant by a logical disjunction?
(16) “The alternatives must be mutually exclusive.” Explain this,
illustrating fully.
(17) Cite cases where the enumeration is not complete.
(18) State in complete form both of the rules to which all disjunctive
arguments must conform.
(19) Show by illustration how the disjunctive syllogism may be reduced
to the categorical.
(20) Define and illustrate the dilemma.
(21) Give examples, using symbols, of the four dilemmatic forms.
Explain why these forms are so named.
(22) Why does the hypothetical rule apply to the dilemmatic syllogism?
(23) Test the validity of the following: Give reasons.
(1) “If a substance is solid it possesses elasticity and
so also it does if it be a liquid or gaseous; but all
substances are either solid, liquid or gaseous; therefore,
all substances possess elasticity.”
(2) “If men were prudent, they would act morally for their own
good; if benevolent, for the good of others. But many men
will not act morally, either for their own good or that of
others; such men, therefore, are not prudent or benevolent.”
(3) “If the majority of those who use public houses are
prepared to close them, legislation is unnecessary; but if
they are not prepared for such a measure, then to force it
upon them by outside pressure is both dangerous and unjust.”
(4) “The man is either a liar or a fool and in either case he
is beneath my attention.”
(5) “Either he is sincere or else he is the most astute
impostor the world has ever produced; for me I prefer to
think him sincere.”
(24) Explain the relation that many experiences appear to bear toward
an argument introduced by a disjunctive proposition and followed
by a hypothetical syllogism. Illustrate.
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