Editor's Preface | |
Preface | |
Editor's Introduction | |
The Subject Matter of Logic | |
Logic and the Weight of Evidence | p. 3 |
Conclusive Evidence or Proof | p. 5 |
The Nature of Logical Implication | p. 8 |
Partial Evidence or Probable Inference | p. 13 |
Is Logic about Words, Thoughts, or Objects? | p. 16 |
The Use and Application of Logic | p. 21 |
The Analysis of Propositions | |
What Is a Proposition? | p. 27 |
The Traditional Analysis of Propositions | p. 30 |
Compound, Simple, and General Propositions | p. 44 |
The Relations Between Propositions | |
The Possible Logical Relations between Propositions | p. 52 |
Independent Propositions | p. 56 |
Equivalent Propositions | p. 57 |
The Traditional Square of Opposition | p. 65 |
The Opposition of Propositions in General | p. 68 |
The Categorical Syllogism | |
The Definition of Categorical Syllogisms | p. 76 |
The Enthymeme | p. 78 |
The Rules or Axioms of Validity | p. 78 |
The General Theorems of the Syllogism | p. 80 |
The Figures and Moods of the Syllogism | p. 81 |
The Special Theorems and Valid Moods of the First Figure | p. 84 |
The Special Theorems and Valid Moods of the Second Figure | p. 85 |
The Special Theorems and Valid Moods of the Third Figure | p. 85 |
The Special Theorems and Valid Moods of the Fourth Figure | p. 86 |
The Reduction of Syllogisms | p. 87 |
The Antilogism or Inconsistent Triad | p. 91 |
The Sorites | p. 94 |
Hypothetical, Alternative, and Disjunctive Syllogisms | |
The Hypothetical Syllogism | p. 96 |
The Alternative Syllogism | p. 100 |
The Disjunctive Syllogism | p. 101 |
The Reduction of Mixed Syllogisms | p. 103 |
Pure Hypothetical and Alternative Syllogisms | p. 103 |
The Dilemma | p. 105 |
Generalized or Mathematical Logic | |
Logic as the Science of Types of Order | p. 110 |
The Formal Properties of Relations | p. 113 |
The Logical Properties of Relations in Some Familiar Inferences | p. 115 |
Symbols: Their Function and Value | p. 117 |
The Calculus of Classes | p. 121 |
The Calculus of Propositions | p. 126 |
The Nature of a Logical or Mathematical System | |
The Function of Axioms | p. 129 |
Pure Mathematics - an Illustration | p. 133 |
Structural Identity or Isomorphism | p. 137 |
The Equivalence of Axiom Sets | p. 141 |
The Independence and Consistency of Axioms | p. 143 |
Mathematical Induction | p. 147 |
What Generalization Means in Mathematics | p. 148 |
Probable Inference | |
The Nature of Probable Inference | p. 151 |
The Mathematics or Calculus of Probability | p. 158 |
Interpretations of Probability | p. 164 |
Some Problems of Logic | |
The Paradox of Inference | p. 173 |
Is the Syllogism a Petitio Principii? | p. 177 |
The Laws of Thought | p. 181 |
The Basis of Logical Principles in the Nature of Things | p. 185 |
Appendix - Examples of Demonstration | |
What Does a Demonstration Establish? | p. 189 |
Some Fallacious Demonstrations | p. 195 |
Exercises | p. 200 |
Bibliography of Works Cited | p. 221 |
Index of Names | p. 223 |
Index of Subjects | p. 225 |
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