Logic, Inductive and Deductive

by William Minto

William Minto (10 October 1845 – 1 March 1893) was a Scottish academic, critic, editor, journalist and novelist.Minto was born at Nether Auchintoul, near Alford, Aberdeenshire. He was son of James Minto, a farmer, and his wife Barbara Copland.He was educated at the University of Aberdeen, graduating as an M.A. in 1865 and "winning the leading prizes in mathematics, classics and philosophy". In 1866 he began studying at Merton College, Oxford, but left the following year without taking a degree.He became assistant professor under Alexander Bain, who held the Regius Chair of Logic and the Regius Chair of English Literature at the University of Aberdeen. During this period he wrote the book, Manual of English Prose Literature, Biographical and Critical, which was published in 1872 and which was "distinguished by sound judgment and sympathetic appreciation".In 1873 Minto moved to London and from 1874 to 1878 he contributed literary and political articles to The Examiner, and later he was on the leader-writing staff of The Daily News and The Pall Mall Gazette. During this period Minto "was considered to be an able and pungent critic of Lord Beaconsfield's imperial policies".In 1880 Bain retired and Minto succeeded him as Regius Professor of Logic and English Literature at Aberdeen, a post he held until his death. "Though Logic and Rhetoric had long been combined in a single Chair at the Scottish universities, Minto’s occupancy of the Chair was marked by a much great[er] [sic] emphasis on the study and teaching of literature than logic.

Genres: Nonfiction, Logic, Philosophy

179 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1893

About the author

Scottish academic, journalist, novelist, critic and editor.

Reviews

[Adrienna · Rating 2 out of 5]

I received the Kindle version for FREE, but only shows paperback version available on here.

I was hoping this book would help with logic reasoning on LSAT and that you will need this skill in law school; but just starting the book...seems to be out of scope for me. I'll review and see if it can help any...definitely not a resource for this.

This book is written in Old English (archaic) but still able to review; refers to Greek philosophers like Socrates and Aristotle, then also laws of thought, etc. but liked the bias on these various laws introduced and also seeing the fallacies of principles. Overall, I found myself skimming through the logic and reasoning proposed.

Since I was considering to go to law school and taking the LSAT in October, I wanted to see if I can grasp some enlightenment on the material at hand. The first few chapters were quite daunting, abstract, and Old English writing which made it a bore. However, when I skimmed to the end, there was some brief insight on formal logic that is used when prepping for LSAT, also plurality of causes as well as alternative possibility of causation, and to look upon hypothesis and analogies when dealing with probable cause (or certain type of cases especially criminal related). Only this part had my senses stirring and got light insight as a whole. This may be a resource in the future, who knows.

Overall, this book wasn't what I was expecting but for FREE who could complain.

2 stars (okay read but yet not your typical or easy read).


Adrienna Turner
Author of ten books.
www.adriennaturner.webs.com

[Olena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Читаючи, ніби готуєшся до суперечок, диспутів. Вчишся мислити логічно і послідовно. Логіка є для того щоб уникнути омани. «Це практична наука, яка має справу з природою думки і способами іі вираження».
Проте напрошується питання навіщо розчленовувати мислення на складові? Такий логічний аналіз, скажімо, афоризмів або блукаючих істин у якості вправи видається доцільним. Це дозволить критичніше сприймати різні крилаті вислови, загальноприйняті твердження.
Взагалі доволі складно для сприйняття, доводиться напружено вловлювати зміст.
Виникла думка, що різні суперечки, намагання довести свою точку зору є для пошуку істини. І якщо, за законом логіки, є істинне твердження, то виходить істину можна знайти, вона пізнавана. Тобто філософи античності успішно знаходили, а значить знали істину.
Цікавим є місце логіки, індукціі в розвитку науковоі думки. Бо скажімо, коли читаєш усі ці буквенні позначення понять, то зовсім нецікаво і складно.
Виникло розуміння що ж це таке є дослідження у науці. Насамперед це розумова праця, логіка - виявлення причин, побудова гіпотез і іх доведення.
Думаю, що вміння виявляти причинно-наслідковий зв‘язок було б корисне багатьом.