CONTENTS.

PAGE
Introduction[1]
BOOK I.
NAMES AND PROPOSITIONS.
CHAP.
I. On the Necessity of commencing with an Analysis of Language in Logic[3]
II. Names[3]
III. The Things denoted by Names[7]
IV. Propositions[17]
V. The Import of Propositions[19]
VI. Propositions merely Verbal[24]
VII. The Nature of Classification, and the Five Predicables[26]
VIII. Definition[30]
BOOK II.
REASONING.
I. Inference, or Reasoning in General[35]
II. Ratiocination, or Syllogism[36]
III. The Functions and Logical Value of the Syllogism[39]
IV. Trains of Reasoning, and Deductive Sciences[43]
V. & VI. Demonstration and Necessary Truths[46]
BOOK III.
INDUCTION.
I. Preliminary Observations on Induction in general[53]
II. Inductions improperly so called[54]
III. The ground of Induction[57]
IV. Laws of Nature[58]
V. The Law of Universal Causation[60]
VI. The Composition of Causes[66]
VII. Observation and Experiment[67]
VIII. & Note to IX. The Four Methods of Experimental Enquiry[69]
X. Plurality of Causes, and intermixture of Effects[73]
XI. The Deductive Method[76]
XII. & XIII. The Explanation and Examples of the Explanation of Laws of Nature[77]
XIV. The Limits to the Explanation of Laws of Nature; and Hypotheses[79]
XV. Progressive Effects, and continued Action of Causes[81]
XVI. Empirical Laws[83]
XVII. Chance, and its Elimination[85]
XVIII. The Calculation of Chances[87]
XIX. The Extension of Derivative Laws to Adjacent Cases[89]
XX. Analogy[91]
XXI. The Evidence of the Law of Universal Causation[92]
XXII. Uniformities of Coexistence not dependent on Causation[94]
XXIII. Approximate Generalisations, and Probable Evidence[96]
XXIV. The remaining Laws of Nature[99]
XXV. The grounds of Disbelief[103]
BOOK IV.
OPERATIONS SUBSIDIARY TO INDUCTION.
I. Observation and Description[107]
II. Abstraction, or the Formation of Conceptions[108]
III. Naming as Subsidiary to Induction[111]
IV. The Requisites of a Philosophical Language, and the Principles of Definition[112]
V. The Natural History of the Variation in the Meaning of Terms[115]
VI. Terminology and Nomenclature[117]
VII. Classification, as Subsidiary to Induction[121]
VIII. Classification by Series[124]
BOOK V.
FALLACIES.
I. Fallacies in general[127]
II. Classification of Fallacies[128]
III. Fallacies of Simple Inspection; or, à priori Fallacies[130]
IV. Fallacies of Observation[134]
V. Fallacies of Generalisation[137]
VI. Fallacies of Ratiocination[141]
VII. Fallacies of Confusion[143]
BOOK VI.
ON THE LOGIC OF THE MORAL SCIENCES.
I. Introductory Remarks[148]
II. Liberty and Necessity[148]
III. There is, or may be, a Science of Human Nature[150]
IV. The Laws of Mind[151]
V. Ethology, or the Science of the Formation of Character[153]
VI. General Considerations on the Social Science[155]
VII. The Chemical, or Experimental, Method in the Social Science[156]
VIII. The Geometrical, or Abstract Method[157]
IX. The Physical, or Concrete Deductive Method[158]
X. The Inverse Deductive, or Historical Method[161]
XI. The Logic of Practice, or Art; including Morality and Policy[165]