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Title: A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive

Author: John Stuart Mill

Release Date: January 31, 2009 [Ebook #27942]

Language: English

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A SYSTEM OF LOGIC,

RATIOCINATIVE AND INDUCTIVE,

BEING A CONNECTED VIEW OF THE

PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE,

AND THE

METHODS OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION.

by

JOHN STUART MILL.

Eighth Edition.

New York:

Harper & Brothers, Publishers,

Franklin Square.

1882.

CONTENTS

Preface To The First Edition.
Preface To The Third And Fourth Editions.
Introduction.
Book I. Of Names And Propositions.
Chapter I. Of The Necessity Of Commencing With An Analysis Of Language.
Chapter II. Of Names.
Chapter III. Of The Things Denoted By Names.
Chapter IV. Of Propositions.
Chapter V. Of The Import Of Propositions.
Chapter VI. Of Propositions Merely Verbal.
Chapter VII. Of The Nature Of Classification, And The Five Predicables.
Chapter VIII. Of Definition.
Book II. On Reasoning.
Chapter I. Of Inference, Or Reasoning, In General.
Chapter II. Of Ratiocination, Or Syllogism.
Chapter III. Of The Functions And Logical Value Of The Syllogism.
Chapter IV. Of Trains Of Reasoning, And Deductive Sciences.
Chapter V. Of Demonstration, And Necessary Truths.
Chapter VI. The Same Subject Continued.
Chapter VII. Examination Of Some Opinions Opposed To The Preceding
Doctrines.
Book III. Of Induction.
Chapter I. Preliminary Observations On Induction In General.
Chapter II. Of Inductions Improperly So Called.
Chapter III. Of The Ground Of Induction.
Chapter IV.