The Principles of Inductive Logic

John Venn

Publisher:

American Mathematical Society/Chelsea

Publication Date:

1973

Number of Pages:

604

Format:

Hardcover

Price:

34.00

ISBN:

0-8284-0265-5

Category:

Monograph

BLL Rating:

BLL

The Basic Library List Committee suggests that undergraduate mathematics libraries consider this book for acquisition.

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The physical foundations of inference, or the world as the logician regards it: an exposition of the principal assumptions demanded for the establishment of a material or objective system of logic
The foundations of logic considered more in detail, and especially in respect of what is demanded for inference; (I) Sequences of phenomena, or laws of causation
Continuation of the previous subject in respect of (II) Co-existences; and comparison of these with sequences through the same three stages of advancing precision and completeness
The uniformity of nature; or that wide conception of regularity in the external world, which is the objective counterpart of inferribility
The subjective foundations of induction, or the principal postulates demanded on the mental side
Language: a discussion of the principal questions involved in its reference, functions, medium, and varieties
Terms; as interpreted and subdivided in logic
Propositions: their general nature and composition
The schedule of propositions: the various ways in which they may be arranged and subdivided for logical purposes
Hypothetical and disjunctive judgments; their distinctive characteristics, and the circumstances of their origin
Definition; in logic and in science
Division, in its old interpretation: the simple analysis of the denotation of terms
Division scientifically considered: further analysis and development
Induction; or the process of generalizing an attribute, observed in certain objects, over the whole class to which they belong
The syllogism in relation to induction: modified acceptance of Mill's view
Analysis and synthesis, regarded as correlated applications of the general process of hypothesis
Inductive methods: the analysis of the antecedents, and exclusion of all but the cause
Standards and units, as applicable to physical objects or events
Standards and units as applied directly to psychical data
Geometrical data: discussion of some of the difficulties commonly felt in their realization
Explanation and verification, as steps towards the methodization and establishment of our knowledge of nature
A universal or perfect language
Extensions of our general powers of observation; or the nature and limits of our control over space and time
The ideal of logic and methodology; or the degree and kind of knowledge at which induction may legitimately aim
Speculation and action; or the logical and scientific view of the world as modified by our practical tendencies