Elements Of Logic: Together With An Introductory View Of Philosophy In General, And A Preliminary View Of The Reason - Softcover

Henry Philip Tappan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 037165579X ISBN 13: 9780371655795

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Elements Of Logic: Together With An Introductory View Of Philosophy In General, And A Preliminary View Of The Reason by Henry Philip Tappan. This work is a comprehensive 19th-century treatise on logic and philosophy, offering a broad system that integrates epistemology, metaphysics, and the sciences. It opens with definitions and distinctions central to philosophy, such as the phenomenal (the objects of conscious experience) and the metaphenomenal (the grounds of knowledge: ideas, laws, and causes). It then proceeds to two main parts: an Introductory View of Philosophy in General and a Preliminary View of the Reason, followed by Logic Proper, with a two-part structure: Primordial Logic (Inductive Logic) and Deductive Logic. The author develops a unified theory in which Reason acts as the organ of philosophy, with ideas and axioms grounding both abstract truths and concrete phenomena. He treats the Doctrine of Evidence, including testimony, circumstantial evidence, and probabilistic reasoning, and he emphasizes the primacy of rational principles in testing knowledge. The text presents a rigorous, formal framework for analyzing proof, inference, and the relationship of science to philosophy.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 037165579X
• ISBN 13: 9780371655795
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 492