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The principles of science — William Stanley Jevons

The principles of science

William Stanley Jevons

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 867 pages

The Principles of Science is a treatise on logic and scientific method by the British logician and economist W. Stanley Jevons. It explores induction, probability, and the principles behind scientific reasoning, offering a systematic view of how knowledge is formed. It is worth listening to for its clear, thoughtful account of nineteenth-century philosophy of science.

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THE PRINCIPLES OF SCIENCE.
colophon
THE LOGICAL MACHINE.
THE PRINCIPLES OF SCIENCE:
A TREATISE ON LOGIC
AND
SCIENTIFIC METHOD.

BY
W. STANLEY JEVONS,
LL.D. (EDINB.), M.A. (LOND.), F.R.S.
London:
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1883.
The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved.

LONDON:
R. CLAY, SONS, & TAYLOR, PRINTERS,
BREAD STREET HILL.
Stereotyped Edition.

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Contents

  1. THE PRINCIPLES OF SCIENCE: A TREATISE ON LOGIC AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
  2. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
  3. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  4. CONTENTS.
  5. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.
  6. CHAPTER II. TERMS.
  7. CHAPTER III. PROPOSITIONS.
  8. CHAPTER IV. DEDUCTIVE REASONING.
  9. CHAPTER V. DISJUNCTIVE PROPOSITIONS.
  10. CHAPTER VI. THE INDIRECT METHOD OF INFERENCE.
  11. CHAPTER VII. INDUCTION.
  12. CHAPTER VIII. PRINCIPLES OF NUMBER.
  13. CHAPTER IX. THE VARIETY OF NATURE, OR THE DOCTRINE OF COMBINATIONS AND PERMUTATIONS.
  14. CHAPTER X. THE THEORY OF PROBABILITY.
  15. CHAPTER XI. PHILOSOPHY OF INDUCTIVE INFERENCE.
  16. CHAPTER XII. THE INDUCTIVE OR INVERSE APPLICATION OF THE THEORY OF PROBABILITY.
  17. CHAPTER XIII. THE EXACT MEASUREMENT OF PHENOMENA.
  18. CHAPTER XIV. UNITS AND STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT.
  19. CHAPTER XV. ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE PHENOMENA.
  20. CHAPTER XVI. THE METHOD OF MEANS.
  21. CHAPTER XVII. THE LAW OF ERROR.
  22. CHAPTER XVIII. OBSERVATION.
  23. CHAPTER XIX. EXPERIMENT.
  24. CHAPTER XX. METHOD OF VARIATIONS.
  25. CHAPTER XXI. THEORY OF APPROXIMATION.
  26. CHAPTER XXII. QUANTITATIVE INDUCTION.
  27. CHAPTER XXIII. THE USE OF HYPOTHESIS.
  28. CHAPTER XXIV. EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE, EXPLANATION, AND PREDICTION.
  29. CHAPTER XXV. ACCORDANCE OF QUANTITATIVE THEORIES.
  30. CHAPTER XXVI. CHARACTER OF THE EXPERIMENTALIST.

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