"Formal logic" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... certain elements in education which need either a new emphasis or an altogether new interpretation; religion, history, art, but this does not mean that the same treatment should not be accorded elsewhere. There are certain studies that should be revived, such as formal logic, there are others that need immediate and complete restoration, as Latin for example, there are many, chiefly along scientific and vocational lines, that could well be minimized, or in some cases dispensed ...
— Towards the Great Peace • Ralph Adams Cram
... whether he was young or old, and how long ago and what hour of the day he went by. He reaches all his conclusions by circumstantial evidence of precisely the same character as that used by the geologist, though he knows nothing about the formal logic or the process of induction. Now, what Dr. Taylor would have us believe is that he can come out of his study and pass judgment on the Indian's reasoning without being able to see one of the "known ...
— Reflections and Comments 1865-1895 • Edwin Lawrence Godkin
... hands laughingly. "I give in. You are too much for me with your formal logic. I can only fall back on the higher logic, which you will ...
— A Daughter of the Snows • Jack London |
