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Art Of Logical Thinking

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1 - Reasoning - 2 - Process of Reasoning - 3 - The Concept - 4 - The Use of Concepts - 5 - Concepts and Images - 6 - Terms - 7 - Meaning of Terms - 8 - Judgments - 9 - Propositions - 10 - Immediate Reasoning - 11 - Inductive Reasoning - 12 - Reasoning by Induction - 13 - Theory and Hypotheses - 14 - Making and Testing Hypotheses - 15 - Deductive Reasoning - 16 - The Syllogism - 17 - Varieties of Syllogisms - 18 - Reasoning by Analogy - 19 - Fallacies -

or denied , (2) the Predicate, or the something which is affirmed or denied regarding the Subject; and (3) the Copula, or the verb serving as a link between the Subject and the Predicate.

In the Proposition: "Man is an animal," the term man is the Subject , the term an animal is the Predicate; and the word is, is the Copula. The Copula is always some form of the verb to be, in the present tense indicative, in an affirmative Proposition , and the same with the negative particle affixed, in a negative Proposition. The Copula is not always directly expressed by the word is or is not, etc., but is instead expressed in some phrase which implies them. For instance, we say " he runs," which implies "he is running." In the same way, it may appear at times as if the Predicate was missing, as in: "God is," by which is meant " God is existing." In some cases, the Proposition is inverted, the Predicate appearing first in order, and the Subject last, as in: "Blessed are the peacemakers ," or "Strong is Truth." In such cases judgment must be used in determining the matter,

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