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A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)

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"A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)" by John Stuart Mill is a philosophical work published in 1843. This foundational text formulates Mill's five principles of inductive reasoning, known as Mill's Methods, establishing empirical principles that would underpin his later moral and political philosophies. Mill examines how we name things, construct propositions, reason from evidence, and validate assertions. The work addresses both the science of logic and its practical application, emphasizing induction as the central question of logical inquiry.

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  • Science · Methodology
  • Knowledge, Theory of
  • Logic

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Book I: Of Names and Propositions

“La scolastique, qui produisit dans la logique, comme dans la morale, et dans une partie de la métaphysique, une subtilité, une précision d’idées, dont l’habitude inconnue aux anciens, a contribué plus qu’on ne croit au progrès de la bonne philosophie.”—CONDORCET, Vie de Turgot.

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  1. Front Matter
  2. Introduction
  3. Book I: Of Names and Propositions
  4. Book I: Of Names and Propositions
  5. Chapter I: Of the Necessity of Commencing with an Analysis of Language
  6. Chapter II: Of Names
  7. Chapter III: Of the Things Denoted by Names
  8. Chapter IV: Of Propositions
  9. Chapter V: Of the Import of Propositions
  10. Chapter VI: Of Propositions Merely Verbal
  11. Chapter VII: Of the Nature of Classification, and the Five Predicables
  12. Chapter VIII: Of Definition
  13. Book II: Of Reasoning
  14. Book II: Of Reasoning
  15. Chapter I: Of Inference, or Reasoning, in General
  16. Chapter II: Of Ratiocination, or Syllogism
  17. Chapter III: Of the Functions, and Logical Value, of the Syllogism
  18. Chapter IV: Of Trains of Reasoning, and Deductive Sciences
  19. Chapter V: Of Demonstration, and Necessary Truths
  20. Chapter VI: The Same Subject Continued
  21. Book III: Of Induction
  22. Book III: Of Induction
  23. Chapter I: Preliminary Observations on Induction in General
  24. Chapter II: Of Inductions Improperly So Called
  25. Chapter III: Of the Ground of Induction
  26. Chapter IV: Of Laws of Nature
  27. Chapter V: Of the Law of Universal Causation
  28. Chapter VI: Of the Composition of Causes
  29. Chapter VII: Of Observation and Experiment
  30. Chapter VIII: Of the Four Methods of Experimental Inquiry
  31. Chapter IX: Miscellaneous Examples of the Four Methods
  32. Chapter X: Of Plurality of Causes; and of the Intermixture of Effects
  33. Chapter XI: Of the Deductive Method
  34. Chapter XII: Of the Explanation of Laws of Nature
  35. Chapter XIII: Miscellaneous Examples of the Explanation of Laws of Nature

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