Digital Logos Edition
Written by one of Oxford’s leading philosophical minds, this work is a classic exposition of logic. Author H. W. B. Joseph covers everything from the principles of the syllogism, the existence and nature of universals, propositional judgment, causation, and reasoning in mathematics and science. Magnificent in both breadth and depth, this work will be enjoyed by any inquiring mind.
“The true unit of thought, the simplest complete act of thought, or piece of thinking, is the Judgement, or Proposition” (Page 14)
“it is not the business of Logic to make men rational, but rather to teach them in what their being rational consists” (Page 3)
“Logic is a science, in the sense that it seeks to know the principles of some subject which it studies” (Page 1)
“Logic, as we have said, studies the way in which we already think about things.” (Page 10)
“for the study of the nature of sound thinking must precede the giving of instructions for thinking soundly” (Page 9)