Synopsis
The Elements Of Deductive Logic: Designed Mainly For The Use Of Junior Students In The Universities by Thomas Fowler. It is an accessible introduction to deductive logic intended to ground a student in the main problems, principles, and rules of the discipline. The book presents logic as both science and art: it defines logic, explains how thought relates to language, and distinguishes the products of thinking from their expressions. It surveys the term, the proposition, and inference, then develops the anatomy of a proposition—subject, predicate, copula, and distribution of terms—followed by the heads of predicables (genus, species, differentia, property, accident). It treats immediate and mediate inferences, syllogisms, moods and figures, and reductions, and then covers complex propositions, probabilistic reasoning, and fallacies. It concludes with method and practical guidance for arranging reasoning in trains of thought, including appendices on division and classification. The work emphasizes rigorous analysis, careful terminology, and a historically informed view of logic, making it valuable for university study and self-improvement.
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