num_pages: 644
description: Mill's Logic, first published in 1843, became an instant cult book, and firmly established Mill as the leader of the empirical school of logic. A System of Logic is the first major installment of his comprehensive restatement of an empiricist and utilitarian position. It begins the attack on "intuitionism" which Mill carried on throughout his life, and makes plain his belief that social planning and political action should rely primarily on scientific knowledge, not on authority, custom, revelation, or prescription.
language: English
title: A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive
titlecomplete: A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive
genres: Sociology, Classics, Science, Economics, Philosophy, Mathematics, 19th Century, Logic, Politics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 114
publisher: University Press of the Pacific