A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive

Preface; Introduction; Book I. Of Names and Propositions: 1. Of the necessity of commencing with an analysis of language; 2. Of names; 3. Of the things denoted by names; 4. Of propositions; 5. Of the import of propositions; 6. Of propositions merely verbal; 7. Of the nature of classification, and the five predicables; 8. Of definition; Book II. Of Reasoning: 1. Of inference, or reasoning, in general; 2. Of ratiocination, or syllogism; 3. Of the functions, and logical value, of the syllogism; 4. Of trains of reasoning, and deductive sciences; 5. Of demonstration, and necessary truths; 6. The same subject continued; Book III. Of Induction: 1. Preliminary observations on induction in general; 2. Of inductions improperly so called; 3. On the ground of induction; 4. Of laws of nature; 5. Of the law of universal causation; 6. Of the composition of causes; 7. Of observation and experiment; 8. Of the four methods of experimental inquiry; 9. Miscellaneous examples of the four methods; 10. Of plurality of causes; and of the intermixture of effects; 11. Of the deductive method; 12. Of the explanation of laws of nature; 13. Miscellaneous examples of the explanation of laws of nature.