Research Catalog

Title

Philosophy of scientific method. / edited with an introduction by Ernest Nagel.

Author

Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873

Publication

• New York : Hafner Publishing Company, [1950]
• ©1950

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Details

Description

L, 461 pages; 21 cm.

Series Statement

Hafner library of classics ; no. 12

Uniform Title

Hafner library of classics ; no. 12.

Alternative Title

John Stuart Mill's philosophy of scientific method

Subject

• Hamilton, William, Sir, 1788-1856
• Logic
• Science > Methodology
• Knowledge, Theory of
• Logic
• epistemology
• logic
• 08.35 philosophy of science
• Wetenschapsfilosofie

Note

• Abridged text of his A system of logic.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Book I: Of Names And Propositions. Of the Necessity Of Commencing With An Analysis Of Language; Of Names; Of The Things Denoted By Names; Of The Import Of Propositions; Of Propositions Merely Verbal; Of The Nature Of Classification And The Five Predicables; Of Definition -- Book II: Of Reasoning. Of Inference, or Reasoning, In General; Of Ratiocination, Or Syllogism; Of The Functions And Logical Value Of The Syllogism; Of Trains Of Reasoning And Deductive Sciences; Of Demonstration and Necessary Truths; The Same Subject Continued -- Book III: Of Induction. Preliminary Observations On Induction In General; Of Inductions Improperly So Called; Of The Ground Of Induction; Of Laws Of Nature; Of The Law Of Universal Causation; Of The Composition Of Causes; Of Observation And Experiment: Of The Four Methods Of Experimental Inquiry; Miscellaneous Examples Of The Four Methods; Of Plurality Of Causes And Of The Intermixture Of Effects; Of The Deductive Method; Of The Limits To The Explanation Of Laws Of Nature, And Of Hypotheses; Of Empirical Laws; Of Chance And Its Elimination; Of The Calculation Of Chances; Of The Evidence Of The Law Of Universal Causation -- Book IV: Of Operations Subsidiary To Induction. Of Abstraction, Or The Formation Of Conceptions; Of Classification, As Subsidiary To Induction -- Book V: On The Logic Of The Moral Sciences. Introductory Remarks; That There Is, Or May Be, A Science Of Human Nature; Of The Laws Of Mind; Of Ethology, Or The Science Of The Formation Of Character; Of The Chemical Or Experimental Method In The Social Science; Of The Geometrical, Or Abstract, Method; Of The Physical Or Concrete Deductive, Method; Of The Inverse Deductive, Or Historical, Method; Of The Logic Of Practice, Or Art, Including Morality And Policy -- From An Examination Of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy.

LCCN

a 51009832

OCLC

• ocm00374894
• 374894
• SCSB-177825

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library