Principles of Science : A Treatise on Logic and Scientific Method

Jevons, William Stanley

ISBN 10: 1410205347 / ISBN 13: 9781410205346

Published by University Press of the Pacific, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Principles of Science : A Treatise on Logic and Scientific Method
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1410205347
• ISBN 13: 9781410205346
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

An excellent late 19th-century philosophical study of scientific method and logic; covering the mathematics of science in the principles of number; induction, propositions, etc; referencing major figures in western philosophy and science from Kant to Leibniz to Kepler to Herschel. In this famed work W. Stanley Jevons defines the laws of logical thought as governed primarily by inductive inquiry and deductive reasoning, supported with experimental verification. The cover depicts the famed Logical Machine devised by Jevons, which earned much acclaim at its exhibition at the Royal Society in 1870. It actually solved problems with superhuman speed and accuracy, and some of its features can be traced in modern computer design.

About the Author

W. Stanley Jevons (1835-1882) was one of the first great virtuoso scholars in economics. He was author of Theory of Political Economy; The Coal Question; Money and the Mechanism of Exchange; Pure Logic, or the Logic of Quality apart from Quantity; The Principles of Science: A Treatise on Logic and Scientific Method; and Methods of Social Reform and Other Papers.