A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation Volume 1 - Brossura

Mill, John Stuart

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ISBN 10: 1108040888 ISBN 13: 9781108040884

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Riassunto

A foundational text in modern empiricist method, published in 1843 by Victorian England's foremost philosopher of political and social life.

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Descrizione del libro

In this two-volume work of 1843, John Stuart Mill (1806–73) establishes the principles of inductive reasoning and experimental method that inform his later works of political and social philosophy. Volume 1 features his introduction, outlining the science of logic, and discussion of syllogisms and induction.

Contenuti

Preface; Introduction; Book I. Of Names and Propositions: 1. Of the necessity of commencing with an analysis of language; 2. Of names; 3. Of the things denoted by names; 4. Of propositions; 5. Of the import of propositions; 6. Of propositions merely verbal; 7. Of the nature of classification, and the five predicables; 8. Of definition; Book II. Of Reasoning: 1. Of inference, or reasoning, in general; 2. Of ratiocination, or syllogism; 3. Of the functions, and logical value, of the syllogism; 4. Of trains of reasoning, and deductive sciences; 5. Of demonstration, and necessary truths; 6. The same subject continued; Book III. Of Induction: 1. Preliminary observations on induction in general; 2. Of inductions improperly so called; 3. On the ground of induction; 4. Of laws of nature; 5. Of the law of universal causation; 6. Of the composition of causes; 7. Of observation and experiment; 8. Of the four methods of experimental inquiry; 9. Miscellaneous examples of the four methods; 10. Of plurality of causes; and of the intermixture of effects; 11. Of the deductive method; 12. Of the explanation of laws of nature; 13. Miscellaneous examples of the explanation of laws of nature.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1108040888
• ISBN 13: 9781108040884
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 602
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