ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1926, this book is an exploration of the essentials of logic: the study of the general conditions of valid inference. The main aim of logic is not to teach people to reason correctly, but to explain what happens when they do reason correctly, and why some reasoning is not correct, and this book contains chapters examining judgment and terms; categorical propositions and their implications; and deduction and syllogism.

chapter Chapter I|7 pages

Introductory

chapter Chapter II|7 pages

Judgment and Terms

chapter Chapter III|9 pages

Categorical Propositions and Their Implications

chapter Chapter IV|6 pages

Immediate Inference—Opposition

chapter Chapter V|9 pages

Immediate Inference—Eductions

chapter Chapter VI|5 pages

Immediate Inference—Derivative Eductions

chapter Chapter VII|7 pages

Other Immediate Inferences

chapter Chapter VIII|8 pages

Mediate Inference from Particulars

chapter Chapter IX|8 pages

Mediate Inference with a General Premise

chapter Chapter X|10 pages

Deduction and Syllogism

chapter Chapter XI|10 pages

Abridged Syllogisms and Chains of Syllogisms

chapter Chapter XII|12 pages

Hypothetical Propositions and Inferences

chapter Chapter XIII|8 pages

Alternative (or Disjunctive) Propositions and Inferences

chapter Chapter XIV|8 pages

Dilemmas

chapter Chapter XV|8 pages

Inductive and Circumstantial Inference

chapter Chapter XVI|8 pages

Some General Problems of Inference