A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation Volume 2 - Couverture souple

Mill, John Stuart

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108040896 ISBN 13 : 9781108040891

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

A foundational text in modern empiricist method, published in 1843 by Victorian England's foremost philosopher of political and social life.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This two-volume work, first published in 1843, was John Stuart Mill's first major book. It reinvented the modern study of logic and laid the foundations for his later work in the areas of political economy, women's rights and representative government. In clear, systematic prose, Mill (1806–73) disentangles syllogistic logic from its origins in Aristotle and scholasticism and grounds it instead in processes of inductive reasoning. An important attempt at integrating empiricism within a more general theory of human knowledge, the work constitutes essential reading for anyone seeking a full understanding of Mill's thought. Continuing the discussion of induction, Volume 2 concludes with Book VI, 'On the Logic of the Moral Sciences', in which Mill applies empirical reasoning to human behaviour. A crucial early formulation of his thinking regarding free will and necessity, this book establishes the centrality of 'the social science' to Mill's philosophy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1108040896
• ISBN 13: 9781108040891
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 642
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible