| 单词 | law or principle of identity |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslaw or principle of identity e. Logic. law or principle of identity: the principle expressed in the identical proposition A is A. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > property or relation law relating to opposition1599 law or principle of identity1846 internal relation1883 law of Clavius1951 dispositionality1964 1846 W. Hamilton in T. Reid Wks. 767 The four logical laws of Identity, Contradiction, Excluded Middle, and Reason and Consequent. 1851 H. L. Mansel Prolegomena Logica vi. 182 This second Law of Thought is expressed by the Principle of Identity, ‘Every A is A’. 1889 T. Fowler Induct. Logic (ed. 5) Pref. 19 (note) Amongst the assumptions or pre-suppositions of reasoning, I have not included the so-called Law of Identity; as to say that all A is A, or a thing is the same as itself, appears to me to be an utterly unmeaning proposition. 1928 A. Görland in E. L. Schaub Philos. Today 536 Identity is regarded under the form of A=A, and it is shown that the principle of identity involves that of contradiction. 1994 A. Korzybski Sci. & Sanity (ed. 5) 749 The law of identity. Whatever is, is. 2008 D. Weissman Styles of Thought vi. 162 The principle of noncontradiction incorporates the principle of identity. < as lemmas |
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