University of New Zealand.
B.A. Pass Examination, 1885.
Mental Science.
Paper
b.
Logic.
Examiner:
James Sully, M.A.
1. |
What is meant by saying that Logic is both a Science and an Art? As a Science distinguish it from Psychology, and as an Art distinguish it from Rhetoric. |
2. |
Unfold the distinction between Concrete and Abstract Terms.
Under which head would you place the following:—
Red, Idea, Government. |
3. |
Give the several logical "Opposites" of the proposition "No men are infallible," and state which of them are known to be true if the original is denied. |
4. |
Describe, and illustrate by a concrete example if possible, the moods known as
Camestres and
Darapti, and reduce them to the First Figure. |
5. |
Define and illustrate the fallacy known as that of
Accident, together with its opposite.
How is this fallacy related to that of Equivocation or Ambiguous Middle?
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6. |
Briefly expound and examine (
a) the view that all Induction is Deduction, and (
b) the view that all Deduction is Inductive. |
7. |
Distinguish between the popular and the scientific idea of Cause, and argue the question whether the logician is at liberty to conceive of the Cause as simultaneous with the Effect. |
8. |
What is a Hypothesis, and what purpose does it serve?
When does a supposition become a legitimate Hypothesis, and when does a Hypothesis cease to be a Hypothesis, and become a Truth of Science? |