law of thought

American  

noun

1. any of the three basic laws of traditional logic: the law of contradiction, the law of excluded middle, and the law of identity.

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law of thought

It is both a law of thought and a law of things.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

The law of Causality is the most important law of thought, after that of Identity.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.

This necessary relation between the à priori and à posteriori elements of knowledge is not a mere subjective law of thought.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

By an irresistible law of thought all phenomena present themselves to us as the expression of power, and refer us to a causal ground whence they issue.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

Intentionality, principle of, 190; denied by Materialists, 194; a first law of thought, 221-223; recognized by Socrates, 320-324.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)