Book I: Of Names and Propositions
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Book I: Of Names and Propositions is the opening section of John Stuart Mill’s "A System of Logic," in which he analyzes the nature and function of names and the structure of propositions in logical reasoning.
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book section
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classification of names
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connotation of names → denotation of names → kinds of propositions → logical import of propositions → relation between language and thought → |
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British empiricism
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John Stuart Mill
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terminology used in later books of A System of Logic
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logical form of statements
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use of language in scientific reasoning → |
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Volume I of A System of Logic
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19th-century logical theory
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logic
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philosophy → |
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how names stand for objects
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how propositions express judgments → truth and falsity of propositions → |
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function of names
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nature of names → role of language in reasoning → structure of propositions → |
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British
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connotative names
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general propositions → non-connotative names → singular propositions → |
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English
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Book I: Of Names and Propositions
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analytic philosophy
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philosophy of logic → |
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A System of Logic
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logic
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logical analysis → names → philosophy of language → propositions → |
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A System of Logic
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John Stuart Mill
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empiricism
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Book II of A System of Logic
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19th century
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A System of Logic
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