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
(25) What facts take from the force of the fifth rule?
(26) What classes of words do not admit of logical definition?
Illustrate.
(27) Define education, teaching, instruction, training.
(28) Distinguish by illustration between induction and synthesis;
deduction and analysis.
=14. QUESTIONS FOR ORIGINAL THOUGHT
AND INVESTIGATION.=
(1) Why should the _scholar_ be tempted to speak and write
illogically?
(2) Name the parts of speech that may be classed as predicables.
(3) Explain the ten categories as given by Aristotle.
(4) Show that genus and species are relative terms.
(5) Why should the definition be needed most in the abstract sciences,
such as theology, ethics, political economy, juris-prudence and
psychology?
(6) Define sin, life, wrong, personality, habit, character.
(7) From the viewpoint of natural history find the species in the
series of terms of which _polygon_ is a member.
(8) What is the plural of differentia?
(9) Why should logic insist upon the proximate genus?
(10) (a) Man is a rational animal.
(b) Man is a rational biped (proximate genus).
In the case of the immature mind the first definition would be
clearer. Why?
(11) “A property of a term is any mark or characteristic which belongs
to that term.” Is this definition logical? Give reasons.
(12) What is the difference between the logical and the popular
conception of _property_?
(13) Is there any difference between the logical and popular
conception of accidents?
(14) “The term _conferentia_ might be used to stand for the essence of
the genus, as the term differentia represents the essence of the
species.”[6] Explain this.
(15) John Stuart Mill affirms that there is no such thing as a real
definition. Discuss this.
(16) In your opinion, of the five rules of logical definition what one
is violated most by the average teacher? Give reasons.
(17) Distinguish between symbol and content.
(18) Why are descriptive definitions best for young children? What
educational principle is involved?
(19) From the standpoint of the five rules for logical definition
criticise the following:
(1) A man is a reasonable vertebrate.
(2) A gentleman is a man with no visible means of support.
(3) A man is an organized entity whose cognitive powers function
rationally.
(4) A metal is an element with a metallic luster.
(5) A triangle is a figure of three sides.
(6) A teacher is one who imparts knowledge.
(7) Education is the process of drawing out all that is beautiful
in the body and noble in the soul.
(8) A democrat is a man who believes in free trade.
(9) A government is a commonwealth controlled by direct vote of
the people.
(20) Write the foregoing definitions in logical form.
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