The Process of argument a contribution to logic / by Alfred Sidgwick.

London : Adam & Charles Black, 1893

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Logic.

1. Introductory

2. False "facts" and false inference

3. Grounds of inference

4. Generalisation, analogy, and circumstantial evidence

5. The discovery of underlying theories

6. Syllogism, or inference in the abstract

7. Kinds of generalisation

8. Observation and generalisation

9. Generalisation and criticism

10. The notion of a "cause"

11. The search for a causal explanation

12. Agreement and difference: quantity and quality of evidence

13. General results

Appendix

A. Notes on the 'technicalities of logic

B. Structure of the syllogism

C. The universality of the major premiss

D. The typical form of syllogism

E. Essential resemblance and difference.

Includes index.

viii, 235 pages ; 20 cm