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Notable ideas. Erotetics. Richard Whately (1 February 1787 – 8 October 1863) was an English academic, rhetorician, logician, philosopher, economist, and theologian who also served as a reforming Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.
Aug 10, 2016 · Whatley’s conception of logic depended on two principles. The first was that logic was (or should be) a science, based on clear theoretical principles. The lack of theory explained logic’s lack of progress and left it open to criticism. The second was that logic was about language, not thought.
Apr 15, 2024 · Oct. 8, 1863, Dublin, Ire. (aged 76) Richard Whately (born Feb. 1, 1787, London, Eng.—died Oct. 8, 1863, Dublin, Ire.) was an Anglican archbishop of Dublin, educator, logician, and social reformer. The son of a clergyman, Whately was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, and took holy orders.
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Richard Whately (February 1, 1787 – October 8, 1863) was an English logician, educator, social reformer, economist and theological writer, and Anglican archbishop of Dublin (1831–1863). Whately’s two standard texts, Elements of Rhetoric (1828) and Elements of Logic (1826), are considered largely responsible for the revival of the study of ...
Jun 6, 2009 · (1 of 507) Elements of logic. by. Whately, Richard, 1787-1863. Publication date. 1975. Topics. Logic. Publisher. Delmar, N.Y. : Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints. Collection. americana. Book from the collections of. Harvard University. Language. English.
May 17, 2018 · According to Whately, logic is concerned with an analysis of the forms of all valid reasoning, that is, with providing forms to which all valid arguments can be reduced. If a formal analysis provides these forms, then it has succeeded in fulfilling the proper role of logic.
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BY RAY E. MCKERROW. Richard Whately (Archbishop of Dublin, 1831-63) contributed the popularization of common-sense views on the mind and. edge. Drawing principally on the works of Dugald Stewart and on own understanding of phrenology, Whately brought philosophical sues to a literate public and aided in the education of British and. youth.
