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A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a connected view of the principles of evidence and the methods of scientific investigation. In two volumes. Vol. 2
A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive - Being a connected view of the principles of evidence and the methods of scientific investigation. In two volumes. Vol. 2 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1872. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
582 pages, Paperback
First published March 24, 2011
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John Stuart Mill
2,008 books1,950 followersJohn Stuart Mill, English philosopher, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament, was an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century. He was an exponent of utilitarianism, an ethical theory developed by Jeremy Bentham, although his conception of it was very different from Bentham's.
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April 6, 2016
Not as good as the first volume, this reads almost like a collection of additional thoughts by the impressive J.S. Mill.
Mill reveals here how close he is to Karl Popper in terms of using probability to determine the applicability of causal connections, only Mill lacks some of the mathematical sophistication with which to decide the limits.
The biggest impressive thought here is how Mill zeros in on the role of language in determining cuts of agency. The construction of what is to be considered and how it is to be considered, validated or verified is a tricky subject matter as including too much or too little of the phenomenon that has a causal connection is difficult to decide, especially if one cannot preform experiments to verify the limits of applicability... although Mill seems to believe that this is possible to do, even something as complex and difficult to suss out like the human mind.
He does believe that there is a singular verifiable view from which to understand agential relations, although he is unable to explain what that view is, or how one should find it given the multitude of differing points of view which would give rise to very different sets of criteria from which to construct causal connections.
Mill reveals here how close he is to Karl Popper in terms of using probability to determine the applicability of causal connections, only Mill lacks some of the mathematical sophistication with which to decide the limits.
The biggest impressive thought here is how Mill zeros in on the role of language in determining cuts of agency. The construction of what is to be considered and how it is to be considered, validated or verified is a tricky subject matter as including too much or too little of the phenomenon that has a causal connection is difficult to decide, especially if one cannot preform experiments to verify the limits of applicability... although Mill seems to believe that this is possible to do, even something as complex and difficult to suss out like the human mind.
He does believe that there is a singular verifiable view from which to understand agential relations, although he is unable to explain what that view is, or how one should find it given the multitude of differing points of view which would give rise to very different sets of criteria from which to construct causal connections.
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