A System Of Logic Ratiocinative And Inductive

This is a book by John Stuart Mill entitled "System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive". It is a two volume work that was first published in 1843. In this book, Mill re-defines the modern study of logic and lays the foundations for his later work in the areas of political economy, women's rights and representative government. The book is clear, systematic prose that disentangles syllogistic logic from its origins in Aristotle and scholasticism and grounds it instead in processes of inductive reasoning. The book is important for its attempt to integrate empiricism within a more general theory of human knowledge and for its discussion of induction. In Volume 2 of the book, Mill applies empirical reasoning to human behaviour. In Volume 1 of the book, Mill discusses logic and its relation to other areas of knowledge. The book is essential reading for anyone seeking a full understanding of Mill's thought.

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.