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Originally published in 1931. This inquiry investigates and develops John Cook Wilson's view of the province of logic. It bases the study on the posthumous collected papers
Statement and Inference. The author seeks to answer questions on the nature of logic using Cook Wilson's thought.
List of contents
Part 1 Preface 1. The Definition of Logic 2. Cook Wilson’s View of Thinking 3. Logic and the Sciences 4. The Subject-Matter of Logic 5. Judgment 6. Quantity, Quality, Relation and Modality 7. The Subject-Attribute Relation 8. Logic and Metaphysics 9. Logic and Grammar 10. Logic and Psychology 11. The Province of Logic Part 2 12. Cook Wilson's Method 13. The Extent of Our Knowledge 14. A Defence of Cook Wilson’s View of Knowledge. Analysis of Contents of Part 2
About the author
Richard Robinson was an English secularist philosopher who taught at Cornell University, USA and Oxford University, UK
Summary
Originally published in 1931. This inquiry investigates and develops John Cook Wilson’s view of the province of logic. It bases the study on the posthumous collected papers Statement and Inference. The author seeks to answer questions on the nature of logic using Cook Wilson’s thought. The chapters introduce and consider topics from metaphysics to grammar and from psychology to knowledge. An early conception of logic in the sciences and presenting the work of an important twentieth century philosopher, this is an engaging work.
