CHAPTER XII. Conditional Syllogisms

CONDITIONAL SYLLOGISMS

§1. The Hypothetical Syllogism 147 §2. The Disjunctive Syllogism 152 §3. The Dilemma 154

CHAPTER XIII

TRANSITION TO INDUCTION

§1. Formal Consistency and Material Truth 159 §2. Real General Propositions assert more than has been directly observed 160 §3. Hence, formally, a Syllogism's Premises seem to beg the Conclusion 162 §4. Materially, a Syllogism turns upon the resemblance of the Minor to the Middle Term; and thus extends the Major Premise to new cases 163 §5. Restatement of the Dictum for material reasoning 165 §6. Uses of the Syllogism 167 §7. Analysis of the Uniformity of Nature, considered as the formal ground of all reasoning 169 §8. Grounds of our belief in Uniformity 173