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Written by one of Oxford’s leading philosophical minds, this work is a classic exposition of logic. Author H. W. B. Joseph covers everything from the principles of the syllogism, the existence and nature of universals, propositional judgment, causation, and reasoning in mathematics and science. Magnificent in both breadth and depth, this work will be enjoyed by any inquiring mind.

Logic, we have seen, studies our thought about things; and that cannot be studied without some consideration of the nature of things; but further, it cannot be carried on, nor yet studied, without the use of signs—generally written or spoken words, which make what we call language. The relations of thought to things on the one hand and words on the other are difficult and intricate; but we cannot without some regard to them profitably attack the
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