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CONTENTS.
X. PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS IN
REASONING.
SECT.
Practical rules in reasoning re-
quired by the frequency of
its applications
(1) Importance of being influ
enced in reasoning by a de-
sire of the truth
(II) Care to be used in cor-
rectly stating the subject of
inquiry and discussion
(III) Consider the kind of evi-
dence applicable to the sub-
ject
(IV) On excluding all unmean-
ing propositions
(V) Avoid the introduction of
acknowledged and common-
place propositions
(1) Reject the aid of false ar-
guments or sophisms
(VII) On the sophism of esti-
mating actions and charac-
ter from the circumstance of
success merely
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Of testimony as given under
oath
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On the testimony of the dying
On the credibility of historical
accounts
XII. OF IMAGINATION.
Definition of the power of im-
agination
The creations of imagination
not entirely voluntary
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Of imaginations not attended
with desire
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Further illustrations of
Of imaginations attended with
desire
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the
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Remarks from the writings of
Dr. Reid
36
same subject
Grounds of the preference of
one conception to another
Mental process in the forma-
tion of Milton's imaginary
paradise
37
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Limitations of imagination by
the condition of the senses
Explanation of the case of the
poet Blacklock
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40
Works of imagination give dif-
ferent degrees of pleasure
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41
On the utility of the faculty of
the imagination
65
Effects on the mind of debating
for victory instead of truth
On the influence of the study
of the law
Mental process in voting on leg-
islative and other subjects
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XI. EVIDENCE OF TESTIMONY.
Of the importance of the evi-
dence of testimony and of its
perversions
43
Of the competency of the per-
son who testifies
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Of habits of veracity in connec-
tion with testimony
Of the influence of friendship
&c. on testimony
Influence of personal interest
on testimony
Of the influence on testimony
of a spirit of partisanship
Of the memory in connection
with testimony
Influence of the possibility of a
confutation on testimony
Of the importance of the imag-
ination in connection with
the reasoning power
Use of the imagination in his-
torical composition
Of misconceptions by means of
Explanation of the above mis-
representations of the imag-
ination
Feelings of sympathy aided by
XIII.-COMPLEX NOTIONS OF
INTERNAL ORIGIN.
General nature of complex no-
tions of internal origin
Of complex notions formed by
the repetition of the same
thing
Of the help afforded by names
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