THE ART OF
LOGICAL THINKING
OR
THE LAWS OF REASONING
By WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON
L.N. FOWLER & COMPANY
7, Imperial Arcade, Ludgate Circus
London, E.C., England
1909
THE PROGRESS COMPANY
CHICAGO, ILL.
Copyright 1909
By
THE PROGRESS COMPANY
Chicago, Ill., U.S.A.
CONTENTS
| I. | [Reasoning] | 9 |
| II. | [The Process of Reasoning] | 17 |
| III. | [The Concept] | 25 |
| IV. | [The Use of Concepts] | 37 |
| V. | [Concepts and Images] | 48 |
| VI. | [Terms] | 56 |
| VII. | [The Meaning of Terms] | 73 |
| VIII. | [Judgments] | 82 |
| IX. | [Propositions] | 90 |
| X. | [Immediate Reasoning] | 99 |
| XI. | [Inductive Reasoning] | 107 |
| XII. | [Reasoning by Induction] | 116 |
| XIII. | [Theory and Hypotheses] | 125 |
| XIV. | [Making and Testing Hypotheses] | 132 |
| XV. | [Deductive Reasoning] | 144 |
| XVI. | [The Syllogism] | 156 |
| XVII. | [Varieties of Syllogisms] | 167 |
| XVIII. | [Reasoning by Analogy] | 179 |
| XIX. | [Fallacies] | 186 |