Elements of Logick: Or a Summary of the General Principles and Different Modes of Reasoning (Classic Reprint)

This book provides a thorough overview of logic, the art of correct reasoning. It expounds foundational concepts such as perception, attention, abstraction, and association. The author describes in detail the basic types of terms and propositions, and proceeds to analyze induction, analogy, and other modes of moral reasoning. The book also examines the complex subject of reasoning based on facts, which often must be accepted on trust. The author examines the weight of this evidence, and the importance of distinguishing between universally accepted assertions that can be easily verified, from those which may be particularly difficult to disprove. The book concludes with a look at the profound implications of logic's insights on its main subject.