A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation

8vo. An attractive two-volume early printing of one of the most important philosophical treatises of the 19th century. Mill is widely regarded as "one of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism and social liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Dubbed "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century" by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, he conceived of liberty as justifying the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control. "In this work, he formulated the five principles of inductive reasoning that are known as Mill's methods. This work is important in the philosophy of science, and more generally, insofar as it outlines the empirical principles Mill would use to justify his moral and political philosophies. "An article in "Philosophy of Recent Times" has described this book as an "attempt to expound a psychological system of logic within empiricist principles.? "This work was important to the history of science, being a strong influence on scientists such as Dirac. A System of Logic also had an impression on Gottlob Frege, who rebuked many of Mill's ideas about the philosophy of mathematics in his work The Foundations of Arithmetic. "Mill revised the original work several times over the course of thirty years in response to critiques and commentary by Whewell, Bain, and others." - wiki Two volumes complete. Square bindings. Paper at hinges just starting. Clean interiors, save for contemporary 1861 ownership signatures, and a few notations at the back of each volume. Mild rubbing and edge wear. Spine ends frayed. Paper title labels on spines rubbed and scuffed and difficult to read, but present. Each volume presents handsomely in a clear, archival mylar dust jacket.…