Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic (Paperback)

William Stebbing

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

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Paperback. "No adequate definition is possible till the properties of the thing to be defined are known. Previously we can define only the scope of the inquiry. Now, Logic has been considered as both the science of reasoning, i.e. the analysis of the mental process when we reason, and the art of reasoning, i.e. the rules for the process. The term reasoning, however, is not wide enough. Reasoning means either syllogising, or (and this is its truer sense) the drawing inferences from assertions already admitted. But the Aristotelian or Scholastic logicians included in Logic terms and propositions, and the Port Royal logicians spoke of it as equivalent to the art of thinking. Even popularly, accuracy of classification, and the extent of command over premisses, are thought clearer signs of logical powers than accuracy of deduction. On the other hand, the definition of logic as a 'science treating of the operations of the understanding in the search of truth, ' though wide enough, would err through including truths known from intuition; for, though doubtless many seeming intuitions are processes of inference, questions as to what facts are real intuitions belong to Metaphysics, not to Logic." Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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• Title: Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2016
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new