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    Reformed Logic: A System Based on Berkeley's Philosophy with an Entirely New Method of Dialectic
    Reformed Logic: A System Based on Berkeley's Philosophy with an Entirely New Method of Dialectic
    Reformed Logic: A System Based on Berkeley's Philosophy with an Entirely New Method of Dialectic
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    Reformed Logic: A System Based on Berkeley's Philosophy with an Entirely New Method of Dialectic

    By D. B. McLachlan

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    This work aims to give an understandable account of the principal facts of the Mind, with a method for the proper expression and assessment of reasoning. It is based on principles that have never been applied before for the same purpose. The work is based on the philosophy of George Berkely, who stated that common objects are only collections of ideas, which are mind-dependent.

    Contents include:

    Introduction

    Intellect

    Perception

    Ideas

    Generalisation

    Imagination

    Dialectic

    Categories

    Redaction of Colloquial Arguments

    Fallacies

    Academical Dialectic

    Studies in Dialectic
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateMay 19, 2021
    ISBN4064066200763
    Reformed Logic: A System Based on Berkeley's Philosophy with an Entirely New Method of Dialectic

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