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System of Logic

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System of Logic

by John Stuart Mill

English· 51:22:14· 94 chapters
"In this work, he formulated the five principles of inductive reasoning that are known as Mill's Methods. This work is important in the philosophy of science, and more generally, insofar as it outlines the empirical principles Mill would use to justify his moral and political philosophies.

An article in "Philosophy of Recent Times" has described this book as an "attempt to expound a psychological system of logic within empiricist principles.”

This work was important to the history of science, being a strong influence on scientists such as Dirac.A System of Logic also had an impression on Gottlob Frege, who rebuked many of Mill's ideas about the philosophy of mathematics in his work The Foundations of Arithmetic.

Mill revised the original work several times over the course of thirty years in response to critiques and commentary by Whewell, Bain, and others."
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Preface To The First Edition.

    07:58
  2. Chapter 2

    Preface To The Third And Fourth Editions.

    04:23
  3. Chapter 3

    Introduction.

    36:14
  4. Chapter 4

    Book I Chapter I Of Names And Propositions

    16:14
  5. Chapter 5

    Book I Chapter II Of Names; Parts 1 through 4

    24:00
  6. Chapter 6

    Book I Chapter II Of Names; Parts 5 through 8

    51:29
  7. Chapter 7

    Book I Chapter III Of The Things Denoted By Names; Parts 1 through 5

    32:27
  8. Chapter 8

    Book I Chapter III Of The Things Denoted By Names; Parts 6 through 9

    37:37
  9. Chapter 9

    Book I Chapter III Of The Things Denoted By Names; Parts 10 through 15

    34:08
  10. Chapter 10

    Book I Chapter IV Of Propositions

    32:04
  11. Chapter 11

    Book I Chapter V Of The Import Of Propositions Parts 1 through 3

    34:28
  12. Chapter 12

    Book I Chapter V Of The Import Of Propositions Parts 4 through 7

    39:24
  13. Chapter 13

    Book I Chapter VI Of Propositions Merely Verbal

    27:06
  14. Chapter 14

    Book I Chapter VII Of The Nature Of Classification, And The Five Predicables

    50:30
  15. Chapter 15

    Book I Chapter VIII Of Definition Parts 1 through 4

    29:52
  16. Chapter 16

    Book I Chapter VIII Of Definition Parts 5 through 7

    40:38
  17. Chapter 17

    Book II Chapter I Of Reasoning

    25:15
  18. Chapter 18

    Book II Chapter II Of Ratiocination, Or Syllogism Part 1

    33:53
  19. Chapter 19

    Book II Chapter II Of Ratiocination, Or Syllogism Part 2 through 4

    31:32
  20. Chapter 20

    Book II Chapter III Of The Functions And Logical Value Of The Syllogism Parts 1 through 4

    42:30
  21. Chapter 21

    Book II Chapter III Of The Functions And Logical Value Of The Syllogism Parts 5 through 9

    46:46
  22. Chapter 22

    Book II Chapter IV Of Trains Of Reasoning, And Deductive Sciences

    43:35
  23. Chapter 23

    Book II Chapter V Of Demonstration, And Necessary Truths Parts 1 through 5

    43:30
  24. Chapter 24

    Book II Chapter V Of Demonstration, And Necessary Truths Part 6

    50:07
  25. Chapter 25

    Book II Chapter VI The Same Subject Continued

    32:31
  26. Chapter 26

    Book II Chapter VII Examination Of Some Opinions Opposed To The Preceding Doctrines Parts 1 through 3

    41:05
  27. Chapter 27

    Book II Chapter VII Examination Of Some Opinions Opposed To The Preceding Doctrines Parts 4 through 5

    24:56
  28. Chapter 28

    Book III. Of Induction. Chapter I. Preliminary Observations On Induction In General.

    17:06
  29. Chapter 29

    Book III Chapter II Of Inductions Improperly So Called Parts 1 through 3

    19:51
  30. Chapter 30

    Book III Chapter II Of Inductions Improperly So Called Parts 4 through 5

    41:35
  31. Chapter 31

    Book III Chapter III Of The Ground Of Induction

    28:24
  32. Chapter 32

    Book III Chapter IV Of Laws Of Nature

    25:16
  33. Chapter 33

    Book III Chapter V Of The Law Of Universal Causation Parts 1 through 5

    53:05
  34. Chapter 34

    Book III Chapter V Of The Law Of Universal Causation Parts 6 through 10

    55:41
  35. Chapter 35

    Book III Chapter V Of The Law Of Universal Causation Part 11

    1:00:35
  36. Chapter 36

    Book III Chapter VI On The Composition Of Causes

    27:11
  37. Chapter 37

    Book III Chapter VII On Observation And Experiment

    28:06
  38. Chapter 38

    Book III Chapter VIII Of The Four Methods Of Experimental Inquiry Parts 1 through 4

    33:32
  39. Chapter 39

    Book III Chapter VIII Of The Four Methods Of Experimental Inquiry Parts 5 through 7

    35:05
  40. Chapter 40

    Book III Chapter IX Miscellaneous Examples Of The Four Methods Parts 1 through 3

    45:34
  41. Chapter 41

    Book III Chapter IX Miscellaneous Examples Of The Four Methods Parts 4 through 6

    44:56
  42. Chapter 42

    Book III Chapter X Of Plurality Of Causes, And Of The Intermixture Of Effects Parts 1 through 5

    45:10
  43. Chapter 43

    Book III Chapter X Of Plurality Of Causes, And Of The Intermixture Of Effects Parts 6 through 8

    25:57
  44. Chapter 44

    Book III Chapter XI Of The Deductive Method

    28:39
  45. Chapter 45

    Book III Chapter XII Of The Explanation Of Laws Of Nature

    29:28
  46. Chapter 46

    Book III Chapter XIII Miscellaneous Examples Of The Explanation Of Laws Of Nature

    33:25
  47. Chapter 47

    Book III Chapter XIV Of The Limits To The Explanation Of Laws Of Nature; And Of Hypotheses Parts 1 through 4

    39:48
  48. Chapter 48

    Book III Chapter XIV Of The Limits To The Explanation Of Laws Of Nature; And Of Hypotheses Parts 5 through 7

    36:45
  49. Chapter 49

    Book III Chapter XV Of Progressive Effects; And Of The Continued Action Of Causes

    24:12
  50. Chapter 50

    Book III Chapter XVI Of Empirical Laws

    28:59
  51. Chapter 51

    Book III Chapter XVII Of Chance And Its Elimination

    31:15
  52. Chapter 52

    Book III Chapter XVIII Of The Calculation Of Chances

    46:37
  53. Chapter 53

    Book III Chapter XIX Of The Extension Of Derivative Laws To Adjacent Cases

    21:06
  54. Chapter 54

    Book III Chapter XX Of Analogy

    21:59
  55. Chapter 55

    Book III Chapter XXI Of The Evidence Of The Law Of Universal Causation Part 1

    15:46
  56. Chapter 56

    Book III Chapter XXI Of The Evidence Of The Law Of Universal Causation Parts 2 through 4

    35:23
  57. Chapter 57

    Book III Chapter XXII Of Uniformities Of Co-Existence Not Dependent On Causation

    42:35
  58. Chapter 58

    Book III Chapter XXIII Of Approximate Generalizations, And Probable Evidence

    43:57
  59. Chapter 59

    Book III Chapter XXIV Of The Remaining Laws Of Nature Parts 1 through 5

    35:16
  60. Chapter 60

    Book III Chapter XXIV Of The Remaining Laws Of Nature Parts 6 through 9

    27:50
  61. Chapter 61

    Book III Chapter XXV Of The Grounds Of Disbelief Parts 1 through 3

    27:12
  62. Chapter 62

    Book III Chapter XXV Of The Grounds Of Disbelief Parts 4 through 6

    25:55
  63. Chapter 63

    Book IV Chaoter I Of Operations Subsidiary To Induction

    26:54
  64. Chapter 64

    Book IV Chapter II Of Abstraction, Or The Formation Of Conceptions

    43:15
  65. Chapter 65

    Book IV Chapter III Of Naming, As Subsidiary To Induction

    14:34
  66. Chapter 66

    Book IV Chapter IV Of The Requisites Of A Philosophical Language, And The Principles Of Definition Parts 1 through 4

    23:50
  67. Chapter 67

    Book IV Chapter IV Of The Requisites Of A Philosophical Language, And The Principles Of Definition Parts 5 through 6

    34:30
  68. Chapter 68

    Book IV Chapter V On The Natural History Of The Variations In The Meaning Of Terms

    35:43
  69. Chapter 69

    Book IV Chapter VI The Principles Of A Philosophical Language Further Considered

    47:37
  70. Chapter 70

    Book IV Chapter VII Of Classification, As Subsidiary To Induction

    48:03
  71. Chapter 71

    Book IV Chapter VIII Of Classification By Series

    19:39
  72. Chapter 72

    Book V. On Fallacies. Chapter I. Of Fallacies In General

    15:22
  73. Chapter 73

    Book V Chapter II Classification Of Fallacies

    19:13
  74. Chapter 74

    Book V Chapter III Fallacies Of Simple Inspection; Or A Priori Fallacies Parts 1 through 5

    47:39
  75. Chapter 75

    Book V Chapter IV Fallacies Of Observation

    42:19
  76. Chapter 76

    Book V Chapter IV Fallacies Of Observation

    41:02
  77. Chapter 77

    Book V Chapter V Fallacies Of Generalization parts 1 through 5

    29:27
  78. Chapter 78

    Book V Chapter V Fallacies Of Generalization parts 6 through 8

    31:15
  79. Chapter 79

    Book V Chapter VI Fallacies Of Ratiocination

    17:58
  80. Chapter 80

    Book V Chapter VII Fallacies Of Confusion Part 1

    37:23
  81. Chapter 81

    Book V Chapter VII Fallacies Of Confusion Parts 2 through 3

    36:37
  82. Chapter 82

    Book VI Chapter II Of Liberty And Necessity

    10:10
  83. Chapter 83

    Book VI Chapter II Of Liberty And Necessity

    23:41
  84. Chapter 84

    Book VI Chapter III That There Is, Or May Be, A Science Of Human Nature

    14:11
  85. Chapter 85

    Book VI Chapter IV Of The Laws Of Mind

    33:52
  86. Chapter 86

    Book VI Chapter V Of Ethology, Or The Science Of The Formation Of Character

    44:24
  87. Chapter 87

    Book VI Chapter VI General Considerations On The Social Science

    11:06
  88. Chapter 88

    Book VI Chapter VII Of The Chemical, Or Experimental, Method In The Social Science

    24:28
  89. Chapter 89

    Book VI Chapter VIII Of The Geometrical, Or Abstract, Method

    23:28
  90. Chapter 90

    Book VI Chapter IX Of The Physical, Or Concrete Deductive, Method

    51:37
  91. Chapter 91

    Book VI Chapter X Of The Inverse Deductive, Or Historical, Method Parts 1 through 5

    42:00
  92. Chapter 92

    Book VI Chapter X Of The Inverse Deductive, Or Historical, Method Parts 6 through 8

    20:44
  93. Chapter 93

    Book VI Chapter XI Additional Elucidations Of The Science Of History

    41:54
  94. Chapter 94

    Book VI Chapter XII Of The Logic Of Practice, Or Art; Including Morality And Policy

    30:56