A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific Investigation (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

John Stuart Mill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0331539322 ISBN 13: 9780331539325

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A systemic, readable guide to evidence and the methods of scientific inquiry .

This classic work offers a connected view of how we think, test ideas, and build knowledge.

This edition presents Mill’s attempt to gather and organize the best ideas on how we analyze truth. It surveys ratiocination, induction, and the logical foundations that support scientific investigation. Readers will find a clear discussion of how uniformities emerge, how empirical laws relate to deeper explanations, and how the laws of causation guide reasoning.

• Learn how evidence is evaluated and how claims gain support.
• See Mill’s view on the nature of induction, and how empirical laws arise and are tested.
• Explore the relationship between causes, effects, and the order of scientific explanations.
• Understand how the book connects historical discussions with his own arguments about logic and inquiry.

Ideal for readers of philosophy and the history of science who want a thorough, thoughtful map of logical reasoning and its limits.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0331539322
• ISBN 13: 9780331539325
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 602