TY - BOOK ID - 85645651 TI - A system of logic, ratiocinative and inductive : being a connected view of the principles of evidence, and the methods of scientific investigation. PY - 2012 SN - 1139149849 1108040896 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Induction (Logic) KW - Reasoning. KW - Inductive logic KW - Logic, Inductive KW - Logic KW - Reasoning KW - Argumentation KW - Ratiocination KW - Reason KW - Thought and thinking KW - Judgment (Logic) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85645651 AB - This two-volume work was John Stuart Mill's first major book. It reinvented the modern study of logic & laid the foundations for his later work in the areas of political economy, women's rights & representative government. In clear, systematic prose, Mill disentangles syllogistic logic from its origins in Aristotle & scholasticism & 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 & necessity, this book establishes the centrality of 'the social science' to Mill's philosophy. ER -