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Chapter 4 of 11  ·  Part 1: Finding Clarity

The Arts of Division and Definition


4.1  Division


4.2  Rules for Good Division


4.3  Real and Nominal Definition


4.4  Rules for Good Definition


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Mark Grannis teaches logic and history at The Heights School in Potomac, Maryland. He is the author of The Reasonable Person: Traditional Logic for Modern Life and its Teacher Supplement.

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    • Chapter 1: The Art and Science of Sound Reasoning
    • Chapter 5: Judgments and Propositions
    • Chapter 6: Opposition and Equivalence
    • Chapter 7: The Categorical Syllogism
    • Chapter 8: Compound Syllogisms
    • Chapter 9: Advanced Deductive Arguments
    • Chapter 10: Inductive Reasoning
    • Chapter 11: Informal Fallacies
  • About our text
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