(3) In relative identity either the whole or a part of the subject is identical with a part of the predicate.

(4) The law of contradiction always denies the identity between subject and predicate.

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(5) Excluded middle conditions all alternative expressions.

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(1) “A thief is a thief.” Complete absolute identity.

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(2) “Thinking is the process of affirming or denying connections.” Incomplete absolute identity.

(3) “All good men are wise.” Relative identity.

(4) “No triangle has interior angles whose sum is greater than two right angles.” Contradiction.

(5) “A stitch in time saves nine.” Relative identity.

(6) “Judging is the process of conjoining and disjoining notions.” Incomplete absolute identity.

(7) “You are either a voter in this district or you are not a voter in this district.” Excluded middle.

(8) “Some people do not know how to live.” Contradiction.

(9) “All is well that ends well.” Incomplete absolute identity.

(10) “Some men teach school.” Relative identity.

(11) “None of the planets are as large as the sun.” Contradictory.

(12) “All the trees in this grove are maple.” Relative identity.

(1b) Indicate the law which conditions each of the following propositions:

(4) “Either your memory is poor or you are telling a deliberate falsehood.”

(5) “Some of our greatest teachers thought they were failures.”

(6) “No man of sense would ever try to get something for nothing.”

(8) “Success is the right man in the right place doing his best.”

(11) “You are either a genius or a successful fakir.”

(1) How many kinds of judgments are there? Illustrate.

(2) Name the fundamental laws of thought and explain how they are related to the kinds of judgments.

(3) Show that it would be impossible to think at all were it not for the law of identity.

(4) State the law of identity in three ways.

(5) Explain the kinds of absolute identity. Illustrate by propositions and by circles.

(6) Explain by word and by diagrammatical illustration relative identity.

(7) Symbolize the three forms of identity. Fit words to these symbols.

(8) State in three ways the law of contradiction.

(9) Show by illustration that _not_ bisects the world.

(11) Prove that “John Doe is not-honest,” illustrates identity and not contradiction.

(12) Symbolize in three ways contradiction. Fit words to these symbols.