Logic


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1 Logic as a science, its scope and subject matter compared with psychology and metaphysics.
2 The axioms of logic, the laws of thought, the principles of reasoning.
3 Divisions of logic, deductive and inductive, formal and material, analytic and dialectic, general and transcendental.
4 Transcendental logic, the propaedeutic to all a priori cognition, the transcendental doctrine of method.
5 Mathematical and symbolic logic.
6 Logic as an art, its place in education.
7 The relation of logic and grammar.
8 The relation of logic and rhetoric.
9 Methodology, rules for the conduct of the mind in the processes of thinking, learning, inquiring, knowing.
10 Mathematical analysis and reasoning, the search for a universal method.
11 The heuristic principles of research in experimental and empirical science.
12 The criteria of evidence and inference in historical inquiry.
13 The diverse methods of speculative philosophy, the role of intuition, analysis, dialectic, genetic or transcendental criticism.
14 The logic of practical thinking, the methods of ethics, politics, and jurisprudence.
15 Theological argument, the roles of faith, reason, and authority.
16 Logic as an object of satire and criticism, sophistry and logic-chopping.


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