Logic is the science of how to evaluate arguments and reasoning. It is what allows us to distinguish correct reasoning from poor reasoning and without correct reasoning, we would have no viable means for knowing the truth or arriving at sound beliefs. Deductive reasoning concerns what follows necessarily from given premises, while inductive reasoning derives a reliable generalization from observations. Logic is fundamental to all disciplines, from agriculture to astronautics. There are not several kinds of logic, one for philosophy and one for mathematics; instead, the same rules of thought that apply to politics apply also to chemistry, to statistical studies, or to theology.
CONTENTS: Preface; Introductory; General Analysis of Propositions; Of Terms and Their Denotation; The Connotation of Terms; The Classification of Propositions; Conditions of Immediate Inference; Immediate Inferences; Order of Terms, Euler's Diagrams, Logical Equations, Existential Import of Propositions; Formal Conditions of Mediate Inference; Categorical Syllogisms; Abbreviated and Compound Arguments; Conditional Syllogisms; Transition to Induction; Causation; Inductive Method; The Canons of Direct Induction; Combination of Induction with Deduction; Hypotheses; Laws Classified; Explanation; Co-Existence; Analogy; Probability; Division and Classification; Nomenclature, Definition, Predicables; Definition of Common Terms; Fallacies; Questions; Index
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