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Logic, the theory of inquiry, [electronic resource] by John Dewey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, H. Holt and Company [c1938]Description: viii, 546 p. 24 cmSubject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Logic, the theory of inquiry.DDC classification:
  • 160
LOC classification:
  • BC50 .D43
Other classification:
  • CI 6404
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
pt. I. Introduction. The problem of logical subject-matter -- The existential matrix of inquiry : biological -- The existential matrix of inquiry : cultural -- Common sense and scientific inquiry -- The needed reform of logic -- pt. II. The structure of inquiry and the construction of judgments. The pattern of inquiry -- The construction of judgment -- Immediate knowledge : understanding and inference -- Judgments of practice : evaluation -- Affirmation and negation : judgment as requalification -- The function of propositions of quantity in judgment -- Judgment as spatial-temporal determination : narration-description -- The continuum of judgment : general propositions -- Generic and universal propositions -- pt. III. Propositions and terms. General theory of propositions -- Propositions ordered in sets and series -- Formal functions and canons -- Terms or meanings -- pt. IV. The logic of scientific method. Logic and natural science : form and matter -- Mathematical discourse -- Scientific method : induction and deduction -- Scientific laws : causation and sequences -- Scientific method and scientific subject-matter -- Social inquiry -- The logic of inquiry and philosophies of knowledge.
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"This book is a development of ideas regarding the nature of logical theory that were first presented ... in Studies in logical theory; that were somewhat expanded in Essays in experimental logic and were briefly summarized with special reference to education in How we think."--Pref.

pt. I. Introduction. The problem of logical subject-matter -- The existential matrix of inquiry : biological -- The existential matrix of inquiry : cultural -- Common sense and scientific inquiry -- The needed reform of logic -- pt. II. The structure of inquiry and the construction of judgments. The pattern of inquiry -- The construction of judgment -- Immediate knowledge : understanding and inference -- Judgments of practice : evaluation -- Affirmation and negation : judgment as requalification -- The function of propositions of quantity in judgment -- Judgment as spatial-temporal determination : narration-description -- The continuum of judgment : general propositions -- Generic and universal propositions -- pt. III. Propositions and terms. General theory of propositions -- Propositions ordered in sets and series -- Formal functions and canons -- Terms or meanings -- pt. IV. The logic of scientific method. Logic and natural science : form and matter -- Mathematical discourse -- Scientific method : induction and deduction -- Scientific laws : causation and sequences -- Scientific method and scientific subject-matter -- Social inquiry -- The logic of inquiry and philosophies of knowledge.

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