TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dewey,John
TI  - Logic, the theory of inquiry,
AV  - BC50 .D43
U1  - 160 
PY  - 1938///]
CY  - New York
PB  - H. Holt and Company
KW  - Logic
KW  - Thought and thinking
KW  - Science
KW  - Logique
KW  - Pensée
KW  - Logik
KW  - swd
N1  - "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; Also issued online
UR  - http://www.archive.org/details/logictheoryofinq00dewe
UR  - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL13525660M
ER  -