Elementary Logic (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Alfred Sidgwick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330310098 ISBN 13 : 9781330310090

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Elementary Logic

Books on Logic often begin with what professes to be a definition of the Science. And if by a definition all that is meant is a vague general statement of aim or purpose, that is easy to give; the aim of Logic, always and everywhere, is to study the difference between good and bad reasoning. Even the loftiest and least mundane kind of Logic cannot really escape from this purpose; for what interest could there be in ideally perfect truths if no one was ever in the least danger of forgetting them? It was the liability of mankind to reason badly that first called Logic into existence, and that still makes the study worth while; and to confess its lack of power to detect bad reasoning, or to boast of a lack of interest in doing this, would be fatal to its claims. The general aim of Logic, then, is clear.

But real difficulties begin as soon as we try to get the "scope and method" of the Science into its definition, for thereby we run a risk of begging the very important question whether a particular limitation of scope, or a particular method, is a help or a hindrance in achieving the aim. There is no general agreement on this point.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Originally published in 1914. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330310098
• ISBN 13: 9781330310090
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 267
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