Page 2 of 45 CHAPTER I. NEW LAMPS FOR OLD. - The Game of Logic

A second advantage, possessed by this Game, is that, besides being an endless source of amusement (the number of arguments, that may be worked by it, being infinite), it will give the Players a little instruction as well. But is there any great harm in THAT, so long as you get plenty of amusement?

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. NEW LAMPS FOR OLD.

1. Propositions . . . . . . . 1

2. Syllogisms . . . . . . . . 20

3. Fallacies . . . . . . . . 32

II. CROSS QUESTIONS.

1. Elementary . . . . . . . . 37

2. Half of Smaller Diagram. Propositions

to be represented . . . . . 40

3. Do. Symbols to be interpreted. . 42

4. Smaller Diagram. Propositions to be

represented . . . . . . . 44

5. Do. Symbols to be interpreted. . 46

6. Larger Diagram. Propositions to be

represented . . . . . . . 48

7. Both Diagrams to be employed . . 51

III. CROOKED ANSWERS.

1. Elementary . . . . . . . . 55

2. Half of Smaller Diagram. Propositions

represented . . . . . . . 59

3. Do. Symbols interpreted . . . 61

4. Smaller Diagram. Propositions represented. 62

5. Do. Symbols interpreted . . . 65

6. Larger Diagram. Propositions represented. 67

7. Both Diagrams employed . . . . 72

IV. HIT OR MISS . . . . . . . . . 85

CHAPTER I. NEW LAMPS FOR OLD.

"Light come, light go."

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1. Propositions.

"Some new Cakes are nice."

"No new Cakes are nice."

"All new cakes are nice."

There are three 'PROPOSITIONS' for you--the only three kinds we are going to use in this Game: and the first thing to be done is to learn how to express them on the Board.

Let us begin with

"Some new Cakes are nice."

But before doing so, a remark has to be made--one that is rather important, and by no means easy to understand all in a moment: so please to read this VERY carefully.

The world contains many THINGS (such as "Buns", "Babies", "Beetles". "Battledores". &c.); and these Things possess many ATTRIBUTES (such as "baked", "beautiful", "black", "broken", &c.: in fact, whatever can be "attributed to", that is "said to belong to", any Thing, is an Attribute). Whenever we wish to mention a Thing, we use a SUBSTANTIVE: when we wish to mention an Attribute, we use an ADJECTIVE. People have asked the question "Can a Thing exist without any Attributes belonging to it?" It is a very puzzling question, and I'm not going to try to answer it: let us turn up our noses, and treat it with contemptuous silence, as if it really wasn't worth noticing. But, if they put it the other way, and ask "Can an Attribute exist without any Thing for it to belong to?", we may say at once "No: no more than a Baby could go a railway-journey with no one to take care of it!" You never saw "beautiful" floating about in the air, or littered about on the floor, without any Thing to BE beautiful, now did you?

		"In heaven, all the interesting people are missing." Friedrich Nietzsche

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