A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive : Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation Paperback / softback
by John Stuart Mill
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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.
Continuing the discussion of induction, Volume 2 concludes with Book VI, 'On the Logic of the Moral Sciences', in which Mill applies empirical reasoning to human behaviour.
A crucial early formulation of his thinking regarding free will and necessity, this book establishes the centrality of 'the social science' to Mill's philosophy.
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- Pages:642 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:08/12/2011
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- ISBN:9781108040891
