Elementary Lessons In Logic: Deductive And Inductive - Softcover

William Stanley Jevons

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371596319 ISBN 13: 9780371596319

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Elementary Lessons In Logic: Deductive And Inductive : With Copious Questions And Examples And A Vocabulary Of Logical Terms by William Stanley Jevons. This introductory work presents logic as the science of reasoning, detailing its three fundamental parts—terms, propositions, and syllogisms—before advancing to topics such as definitions, reference to the variety of terms, and the laws of thought. Jevons emphasizes that logic studies the necessary forms of thought, not merely words, and describes the mental acts of simple apprehension, judgment, and reasoning that underlie argument. The text surveys kinds of propositions, the opposition of propositions, conversion, immediate inferences, and the analysis of sentences, interwoven with extensive questions and exercises. Later sections cover syllogistic moods and figures, fallacies, induction, and the relation between observation, experiment, and theory, culminating in discussions on method, language, and classification. The work serves as both a historical survey of classical logic and a practical guide for students beginning the study of reasoning.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371596319
• ISBN 13: 9780371596319
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 354