A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive - Volume 1

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-04088-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 600 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 838 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy

This two-volume work, first published in 1843, was John Stuart Mill's first major book. It reinvented the modern study of logic and laid the foundations for his later work in the areas of political economy, women's rights and representative government. In clear, systematic prose, Mill (1806-73) disentangles syllogistic logic from its origins in Aristotle and scholasticism and grounds it instead in processes of inductive reasoning. An important attempt at integrating empiricism within a more general theory of human knowledge, the work constitutes essential reading for anyone seeking a full understanding of Mill's thought. Volume 1 contains Mill's introduction, which elaborates upon his definition of logic as 'not the science of Belief, but the science of Proof, or Evidence'. It also features discussions of the central components of logical reasoning - propositions and syllogisms - in relation to Mill's theories of inductive reasoning and experimental method.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mill, John Stuart

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.