The elements of logic : in four books : designed particularly for young gentlemen at the university, and to prepare the way to the study of philosophy and the mathematics / by William Duncan.
| Uniform Title: | Early American imprints.
Second series ; no. 22735. |
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| Language: | English |
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Albany [N.Y.] :
E.F. Backus,
1811
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| Series: | Early American imprints.
no. 22735. |
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| Physical Description: | 261 pages |
| Format: | Microfilm Book |
Contents:
- I. Of the original of our ideas, their various divisions, and the manner in which they contribute to the increase of knowledge : with a philosophical account of the rise, progress and nature of human language
- II. Of the grounds of human judgment, the doctrine of propositions, their use in reasoning, and division into self evident and demonstrable
- III. Of reasoning and demonstration, with their application to the investigation of knowledge, and the common affairs of life
- IV. Of the methods of invention and science, where the several degrees of evidence are examined, the notion of certainty is fixed and stated, and the parts of knowledge in which it may be attained, demonstrated at large.