Logic Deductive and Inductive

This book was first published in 1898, this eBook is the fourth edition which was first published in 1920. This book is in the public domain and can be downloaded for free from several websites.This Kindle-edition has 6440 locations (this is app. 404 pages), and has an active tabel of contents at the beginning of the book.You don't need any previous knowledge of Philosophy or Logic to be able to read this book, but that doesn't mean that this is an easy read: I found this book to be quite challenging, but worth the effort. If you want to know more about Logic, reasoning or philosophy, you'll find this to be a great book. Also if you do have previous knowledge of the subject, you'll probably will find this book to be informative. This book describes the subject of logic in depth and in detail.Contents:PREFACECHAPTER I INTRODUCTORYCHAPTER II GENERAL ANALYSIS OF PROPOSITIONSCHAPTER III OF TERMS AND THEIR DENOTATIONCHAPTER IV THE CONNOTATION OF TERMSCHAPTER V CLASSIFICATION OF PROPOSITIONSCHAPTER VI CONDITIONS OF IMMEDIATE INFERENCECHAPTER VII IMMEDIATE INFERENCESCHAPTER VIII RDER OF TERMS, EULER'S DIAGRAMS, LOGICAL EQUATIONS,EXISTENTIAL IMPORT OF PROPOSITIONSCHAPTER IX FORMAL CONDITIONS OF MEDIATE INFERENCECHAPTER X CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISMSCHAPTER XI ABBREVIATED AND COMPOUND ARGUMENTSCHAPTER XII CONDITIONAL SYLLOGISMSCHAPTER XIII TRANSITION TO INDUCTIONCHAPTER XIV CAUSATIONCHAPTER XV NDUCTIVE METHODCHAPTER XVI THE CANONS OF DIRECT INDUCTIONCHAPTER XVII COMBINATION OF INDUCTION WITH DEDUCTIONCHAPTER XVIII HYPOTHESESCHAPTER XIX LAWS CLASSIFIED; EXPLANATION; CO-EXISTENCE; ANALOGYCHAPTER XX PROBABILITYCHAPTER XXI DIVISION AND CLASSIFICATIONCHAPTER XXII NOMENCLATURE, DEFINITION, PREDICABLESCHAPTER XXIII DEFINITION OF COMMON TERMSCHAPTER XXIV FALLACIESQUESTIONSAs a sample I copy the first bit of the first chapter below:CHAPTER IINTRODUCTORY§ 1. Logic is the science that explains what conditions must befulfilled in order that a proposition may be proved, if it admits ofproof. Not, indeed, every such proposition; for as to those that declarethe equality or inequality of numbers or other magnitudes, to explainthe conditions of their proof belongs to Mathematics: they are said tobe _quantitative_. But as to all other propositions, called_qualitative_, like most of those that we meet with in conversation, inliterature, in politics, and even in sciences so far as they are nottreated mathematically (say, Botany and Psychology); propositions thatmerely tell us that something happens (as that _salt dissolves inwater_), or that something has a certain property (as that _ice iscold_): as to these, it belongs to Logic to show how we may judgewhether they are true, or false, or doubtful. When propositions areexpressed with the universality and definiteness that belong toscientific statements, they are called laws; and laws, so far as theyare not laws of quantity, are tested by the principles of Logic, if theyat all admit of proof.[...]

I enjoyed reading this book, the author spoke very concisely which is very hard in a book on things that are naturally very hard to grasp. I would not recommend this book to people who have not read a dictionary for fun :), that's my only complaint, that the author uses a very large vocabulary. Which is not bad for everyone and is an advantage for some, but overall I enjoyed this book and would recommend it if you are looking to rethink how you think deductively and inductively.

The book is written in such a manner that it does not flow for the reader. It reads like a technical manual for concepts of the mind. In my opinion, that is a bad combination. Very difficult to synergize with anything the author attempts to express. Made each page flip feel like your fingers were snapping under a ton of word weight.

Very useful, accurate, and universally applicable discussion of the architecture of a logical argument. It discusses the inductive or bottom-up (evidence to conclusion) approach and the deductive or top-down (concept testing based on supporting argument) as well as many relevant logical topics. Useful if you are writing a term paper, thesis, dissertation, etc. or just daily philosophical discussion or exercise.

I had to take a philosophy class and learn how to deductive and inductively reason. This is a free book and very easy to read. Packed with a lot of information.

Interesting read and it's available for free. You just can't go wrong.

This will teach you how to avoid bad arguments and make strong ones. Too many people havent a clue what inductive and deductive mean.

Very good book. Logica, and readable.

This is a quite a dense book. Having taken courses in formal logic it's retrospectively easier to understand than it might be if I was reading this as beginner seeking an introduction to logic. Like many similar works it starts easily enough but rapidly escalates to the point where each sentence requires very careful reading in order to understand it. I got the feeing it was a little like Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations", in being an account of knowledge acquired by the author. I suspect the text derives from lecture notes rather than an exposition for beginners. It's appropriately technical, and anyone who thinks developing a deep understanding of logic is an innate, intuitive capability that just needs switching on is in for a surprise. Hopefully a pleasant one. Even if the later chapters are too demanding, the introduction to what logic is, and why it's worthwhile to develop an understanding of both deductive and inductive forms, is very instructive

Good book but unsophisticated language. It includes all the topic of Logic but language is little bit difficult. I need dictionaries frequently for understanding this book. But thanks to Kindle it makes life so easy for readers.