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The object of the science of logic is:
{ 1 } - paradoxes.
{ 2 } - attributes of subjects.
{ 3 } - the rules of connecting statements into arguments.
{ 4 } - truth or falsity of statements.
{ 5 } - contradictions.
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The object of the science of logic is:
{ 1 } - paradoxes.
{ 2 } - attributes of subjects.
{ 3 } - the rules of connecting statements into arguments.
{ 4 } - truth or falsity of statements.
{ 5 } - contradictions.
Paradoxes are statements that are not what they appear to be; they are either self-contradictory when they appear to be true (negative paradox), or true when they appear to be self-contradictory. See p.21.
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The object of the science of logic is:
{ 1 } - paradoxes.
{ 2 } - attributes of subjects.
{ 3 } - the rules of connecting statements into arguments.
{ 4 } - truth or falsity of statements.
{ 5 } - contradictions.
"Attribute" here is synonymous with "characteristic," and "subject" refers to the being which has the characteristic. See p. 20.
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The object of the science of logic is:
{ 1 } - paradoxes.
{ 2 } - attributes of subjects.
{ 3 } - the rules of connecting statements into arguments.
{ 4 } - truth or falsity of statements.
{ 5 } - contradictions.
An argument is a process of reasoning, or connecting one statement to another to reach a conclusion. See p. 25.
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The object of the science of logic is:
{ 1 } - paradoxes.
{ 2 } - attributes of subjects.
{ 3 } - the rules of connecting statements into arguments.
{ 4 } - truth or falsity of statements.
{ 5 } - contradictions.
Logic is concerned with validity, the way statements are connected together to reach conclusions, not with the truth of the statements. Of course, a statement that violates the principle of non-contradiction must be false.
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The object of the science of logic is:
{ 1 } - paradoxes.
{ 2 } - attributes of subjects.
{ 3 } - the rules of connecting statements into arguments.
{ 4 } - truth or falsity of statements.
{ 5 } - contradictions.
Close, but no cigar. The principle of non-contradiction is one of the rules of connecting statements into arguments that Logic is concerned with. The object of Logic is all such rules.
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