Logic for the Million

by James William Gilbart

55 chapters18h 4mEnglish1857

About this book

I have called this book, Logic for the Million. By this title, I mean that here the Art of Reasoning is explained in such a way as to be readily understood even by those men and women who have not had the advantage of a literary education. - Summary by Preface

Chapters (55)

1The Name and Nature of the Art of Reasoning

571

2The Subjects of the Art of Reasoning

715

3The Utility of the Art of Reasoning

1056

4The Dispositions Necessary to the Art of Reasoning

984

5The Knowledge Necessary to the Art of Reasoning

920

6The Relation of a Subject and Its Attributes Part 1

1603

7The Relation of a Subject and Its Attributes Part 2

1068

8The Relation of a Whole and Its Parts

1422

9The Relation of Genus and Species Part 1

893

10The Relation of Genus and Species Part 2

1262

11The Relation of Genus and Species Part 3

1009

12The Relation of Cause and Effect — Physical Causes

1244

13The Relation of Cause and Effect — Moral Causes Part 1

1223

14The Relation of Cause and Effect — Moral Causes Part 2

966

15The Relation of Cause and Effect — Conditional Causes Part 1

1321

16The Relation of Cause and Effect — Conditional Causes Part 2

1162

17The Relation of Cause and Effect — Final Causes Part 1

1048

18The Relation of Cause and Effect — Final Causes Part 2

822

19The Relation of Cause and Effect — Final Causes Part 3

1036

20Reasoning from Examples Part 1

1369

21Reasoning from Examples Part 2

1367

22Reasoning from Analogy, Comparison, and Contrast Part 1

1749

23Reasoning from Analogy, Comparison, and Contrast Part 2

1525

24Reasoning from Analogy, Comparison, and Contrast Part 3

2633

25Reasoning from Parables, Fables, and Proverbs Part 1

1118

26Reasoning from Parables, Fables, and Proverbs Part 2

751

27Reasoning from Parables, Fables, and Proverbs Part 3

1083

28Reasoning from Written Documents Part 1

680

29Reasoning from Written Documents Part 2

1024

30Reasoning from Written Documents Part 3

667

31Errors in Reasoning Part 1

1192

32Errors in Reasoning Part 2

1345

33Errors in Reasoning Part 3

1077

34Descriptive Reasoning Part 1

1066

35Descriptive Reasoning Part 2

1253

36Interrogative Reasoning Part 1

669

37Interrogative Reasoning Part 2

1531

38Conversational Reasoning Part 1

959

39Conversational Reasoning Part 2

1060

40Reasoning by Single Syllogism Part 1

1551

41Reasoning by Single Syllogism Part 2

836

42Reasoning by Compound Syllogism Part 1

602

43Reasoning by Compound Syllogism Part 2

1156

44Series of Reasonings Part 1

1790

45Series of Reasonings Part 2

907

46The Application of the Art of Reasoning to the Ordinary Affairs of Life

1693

47The Application of the Art of Reasoning to History Part 1

680

48The Application of the Art of Reasoning to History Part 2

996

49The Application of the Art of Reasoning to Political Economy

1595

50The Application of the Art of Reasoning to Statistics Part 1

1913

51The Application of the Art of Reasoning to Statistics Part 2

955

52The Application of the Art of Reasoning to Moral Philosophy

1713

53The Application of the Art of Reasoning to the Formation of Habits of Reasoning Part 1

1314

54The Application of the Art of Reasoning to the Formation of Habits of Reasoning Part 2

1242

55The Application of the Art of Reasoning to the Formation of Habits of Reasoning Part 3

1655

Logic for the Million

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