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John Stuart Mill

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A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive: Being A Connected View Of The Principles Of Evidence And The Methods Of Scientific Investigation by John Stuart Mill. The work outlines a program to systematize the best ideas on logic, not to reinvent it, but to connect and rationalize existing theories. Logic is presented as both the science of thinking and the art of reasoning toward truth, grounded in evidence. Mill emphasizes a rigorous analysis of language, the copula, and the names that shape inference, introducing a fourfold taxonomy of nameable things (feelings, minds, bodies, and relations) and a range of name types (general vs. singular, concrete vs. abstract, connotative vs. non-connotative, relative vs. absolute, univocal vs. equivocal). The core sections examine induction and causation, presenting canonical methods of investigation — Agreement, Difference, Concomitant Variations, and Residues — and addressing complexities arising from multiple causes and emergent effects. Across later parts, Mill pursues a unified scientific program that roots psychology, social science, and history in a shared logic of evidence, inference, and verification. The aim is a Canon of Induction guiding empirical inquiry.

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