A Preferred Treatment of Mill's Methods: Some Misinterpretations by Modern Textbooks

Authors

  • Bram Van Heuveln

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22329/il.v20i1.2252

Keywords:

J. S. Mill, Mill's methods, inductive reasoning, method of agreement, method of difference, joint method of agreement and difference, textbook treatments

Abstract

A number of modern logic books give a misrepresentation of Mill's Methods as originally conceived by Mill. In this paper, I point out what I believe is a better presentation of Mill's Methods. This treatment is not only historically more accurate, but it also represents a better conceptual introduction to Mill's Methods in general.

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Published

2000-01-01

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2000)

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