Hypothesis [as a form of reasoning]

Keyword: Hypothesis [as a form of reasoning]


Dictionary Entry | Posted 30/01/2013
Quote from "Deduction, Induction, and Hypothesis"

Hypothesis is where we find some very curious circumstance, which would be explained by the supposition that it was a case of a certain general rule, and thereupon adopt...

Dictionary Entry | Posted 30/01/2013
Quote from "Deduction, Induction, and Hypothesis"

We may say, therefore, that hypothesis produces the sensuous element of thought, and induction the habitual element.

Dictionary Entry | Posted 28/01/2013
Quote from "On a New List of Categories"

In an argument, the premises form a representation of the conclusion, because they indicate the interpretant of the argument, or representation representing it to represent its object. The...

Dictionary Entry | Posted 02/01/2013
Quote from "[Reasoning and Instinct]"

There are three kinds of reasoning, the Inductive, the Deductive, and the Hypothetical. The last consists in the introduction into a confused...

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