An Introduction to Logic

Contents: Preface. 1. Of the general character of the enquiry. 2. Of terms and their principal distinctions. 3. Of the categories. 4. Of the predicables. 5. Of the rules of definition and division: classification and dichortomy. 6. Of the intension and extension of terms. 7. Of the proposition or judgement. 8. Of the various forms of the judgement. 9. Of the distribution of terms in the judgement: and of the opposition of judgements. 10. Of immediate inferences. 11. Of syllogism in general. 12. Of the moods and figures of syllogism. 13. Of the reduction of the imperfect syllogistic. 14. Of the principles of syllogistic inference. 15. Of hypothetical and disjunctive reasoning. 16. Of enthymeme, sorites and Dilemma. 17. Of the form and matter of inference. 18. Of induction. 19. Of the presuppositions of inductive reasoning: the law of causation. 20. Of the rules by which to judge of causes and effects. 21. Of operations preliminary to the application of the foregoing rules. 22. Of non-reciprocating causal relations. 23. Of explanation. 24. Of induction by simple enumeration and the argument from analogy. 25. Of mathematical reasoning. 26. Of the methodology of the sciences. 27. Appendix on fallacies. Index.

"The book is about the logic and talks about various aspects of it such as general character of the enquiry, terms and their principal distinctions, the predicables, intension and extension of terms, proposition of judgment, various forms of judgment, immediate inferences, syllogism, moods and figures of syllogism, hypothetical and distinction reasoning, sorites and dilemma, induction, the law of causation, causes and effects, non-reciprocating causal relations, simple enumeration, argument from analogy, mathematical reasoning, methodology of the sciences, etc.

This book will prove to be very useful for the people interested in logic as well as the students of logic." (jacket)