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Distinction and the Criticism of Beliefs

Originally published 1892

Cover of Distinction and the Criticism of Beliefs by Alfred Sidgwick

By Alfred Sidgwick. “The validity of all distinctions is relative to the purpose for which they are used at the time.”

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Alfred Sidgwick was an English logician and philosopher whose work concentrated on argument, ambiguity, evidence, and the practical use of reasoning. “One should read in the works of Alfred Sidgwick the inadequacy of formal logic and the ways of sound argument in actual debate.” (Jacques Barzun)