Cusack’s Principles of Logic, prepared by Sam Blows, was designed to meet the needs of certificate student.
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| Cusack’s Principles of Logic |
those studying logic as part of formal teacher or academic training in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The book belongs to the Cusack Educational Series, known for its clear, methodical approach to subjects that were often taught abstractly.
The book belongs to the Cusack Educational Series, known for its clear, methodical approach to subjects that were often taught abstractly.
Logic here is treated not as a purely philosophical pursuit but as a discipline of reasoning, a way to train the mind to think I. Reasoning
Table of contents
II. Examples of Reasoning
III. Uses of Logic
IV. The Parts of a Deductive Argument
V. The Laws of Thought
VI. Terms
VII. The Twofold Meaning of Terms
VIII. Classification of Propositions
IX. Propositions and Distribution of Terms
X. Immediate Inference — Opposition
XI. Immediate Inference — Eduction
XII. The Predicables
XIII. Definition
XIV. Logical Division
XV. The Syllogism
XVI. Figure and Mood
XVII. Reduction
XVIII. Irregular Syllogisms
XIX. Mixed Syllogisms
XX. The Dilemma
XXI. Fallacies
XXII. Material Fallacies
XXIII. Induction
XXIV. Causes, Law of Nature, Explanation
XXV. Observation, Experiment, Hypothesis
XXVI. Classification
XXVII. The Canons of Induction
XXVIII. Analogy
