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A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive by [John Stuart Mill]

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This book makes no pretense of giving to the world a new theory of the intellectual operations. Its claim to attention; if it possess any; is grounded on the fact that it is an attempt; not to supersede; but to embody and systematize; the best ideas which have been either promulgated on its subject by speculative writers; or conformed to by accurate thinkers in their scientific inquiries.

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In this two-volume work of 1843, John Stuart Mill (1806-73) establishes the principles of inductive reasoning and experimental method that inform his later works of political and social philosophy. Volume 2 includes Book VI, 'On the Logic of the Moral Sciences', an important early treatment of social science. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), usually cited as J. S. Mill, was a British philosopher, political economist, and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Dubbed "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century", Mill's conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07SJ5SQJ9
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prabhat Prakashan (May 30, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 30, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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theskeptic

Great book, another bad printing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 26, 2006

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The book itself, of course, gets a full 5 stars. Mill's work represents some of the first fundamental progress to be made on inductive logic and probabilistic reasoning and, as such, underlies much of modern scientific methodology and machine learning. He was also an excellent writer, and his prose is a pleasure to read.

However, be aware that this edition ( A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive , University Press of the Pacific) is a "facsimile" of the 1891 edition, featuring incredibly small type (8pt Times, approximately) in an odd two-column layout. The text quality is poor (by normal standards), and it is quite a strain to read for extended periods. The publisher's blurb in the book claims its goal is to "make original editions of historical works available to scholars at an economical price," and that the text in this edition has been digitally enhanced. I doubt it. The text looks no better than the 1933 printing I was able to obtain from the university library. While I can see the value of having a "historical" edition, I have to believe that most scholars would prefer a critical edition that they can read without a magnifying glass.

It's very unfortunate that the only two editions available of this great work are of such poor print quality. The other edition (with the purple cover) is even worse than this one, in my opinion, and I had to return it due to cropped-off text on the left margins. I'm also not sure why a "facsimile" needs to cost 40 dollars; this is very discouraging. The text of Mill's work is in the public domain, so you would think someone could offer a good, cheap printing. Naturally, one can find the full text online, but who can read a 600-page book online? Not me.

So, all told, it's a great work by a great author. And I guess this edition is your best bet until something better comes along, although it does a disservice to a great thinker who should be more widely appreciated.

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Gary L. Herstein

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 21, 2011

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Some complaints have been registered about the size of the type in the print edition. Clearly this is not an issue with the Kindle version.

This volume was a surprising -- even astonshing -- find or me, because it is at once a complete edition of one of the most important works in modern philosophy of science and it is a particularly well executed Kindle book to boot.

For the price, I was expecting a Project Gutenberg .TXT file stove-piped into a Kindle file. (I find such things unreadable, regardless of the fact that they are free.) This text, however, is a true Kindle book with active table of contents, dynamic formatting WRT to the selected font size, and hyper-linked footnotes. Being a Kindle text, you can annotate to your heart's desire, so this is a genuine study text for working scholars, whether in or out of academia.

One odd note of no particular significance: when one chooses the "goto" function from the menu, the table of contents is not one of the choices that comes up. I've seen that in a few other kindle books as well, so this was not a particular shock. The TOC is fully active, and a vitally useful tool for tracking elements of Mill's argument, so it is worthwhile to simply bookmark that point thereby making it instantly accessible whenever you need to refer to it.

For anyone interested in classics of Western philosophy, this is an essential addition to your Kindle library, made all the more exceptional by the quality of its formatting.

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Carnelian

Dull slow reading from a great philosopher

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 3, 2021

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I like Mill's philosophy especially ethics, agnostic nonbeliever religious view and logic but you should know that he is very long winded and challenging to read, even for professional philosophers. This was the style then, mid 1800's. The print and bindings are okay and readable. Mill also repeats himself quite a bit, over and over. If this is for a class, then buy it, otherwise get an abridged edition. Whole book could have been very condensed shorter.

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Robert Greer

The other review says this printing is unreadable. It's not.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 9, 2010

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Amazon.com apparently lumps the reviews of all editions of A System of Logic in with each other. Most printings of this work look like they've been Xeroxed out of a century-old book, and are thus a huge pain to read. But this one (from The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, published by Liberty Fund, Inc.) is different: the margins are normal-sized, there are no inky blotches, and there's a single column per page. If there's a better printing of A System of Logic available for purchase, I haven't come across it.

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ZILMAR

The present generation has yet to be introduced to this ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 2, 2014

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The present generation has yet to be introduced to this highly reputed work when it was first published in the late XIX century, Candidates to a PhD should have this as required reading. I read it and quoted from it in my dissertation in 1971 for a PhD at Ohio State University, a month before returning to Brazil and to the University of São Paulo as Professor

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Gabriel Zanotti

A classic of all times

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 23, 2013

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This book is a classic in the middle of all the classics. It cannot be reviewed as if it were any other book. Even if you are a popperian or a follower of Feyerabend, this book is historical, a necessary step in the history of the philosophy of science. If somebody wants to understand the XX Century's philosophy of science, this is a necessary reading.

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R. O'Donnell

Mill's Logic impeccable

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 7, 2013

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19th century social thinking was deeply influenced by Mill; 19th century thinking has not disappeared even today. Mill's influence pervades much of today's social and political thinking, but it is undetectably transparent . Instances of Mill's influence might not be evident until the underlying logic and means of presentation are examined. This book contains the thinking behind the thinking.

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Brandon

Great Mill Philosophy

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 5, 2013

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Highly recommended for any Mill scholar. Mill's 'A System of Logic' is indispensible for further understanding Mill's political philosophy. It provides great insight into his understanding of a descriptive characterization of how society works.

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John Bowcock

There is a reason this is cheap

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 13, 2022

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The type is incredibly poor quality, effectively unreadable for any length of time. Looks nice on the shelf, and can be used as a reference book, but trying to read it cover to cover would be an exercise in masochism.

Peter J. King

Classic work, classically bad reprint

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 22, 2010

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Mill is (together with Descartes) one of the most misrepresented, unfairly criticised, and greatest philosophers, and this is perhaps his most important work. Its philosophical scope is wide, and its influence enormous, but for a long time it's been difficult to get hold of, so when I saw this reprint I jumped at it. I received it today, and it's going straight back to Amazon for a refund. The cover is professional, glossy, and promising -- but then I opened the book. The text looks as though it was produced by taking a shabby copy of the work, photocpying it on a machine that was running out of toner, and digitising the photocopies on a low-quality scanner. The main body of the text is generally readable, though not with ease or pleasure; some of the footnotes, though, are virtually illegible.

The idea behind this sort of reprint is a good one -- but the execution is dreadful.

can rock

a bad printout of the version available free online

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 8, 2015

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The "look inside" feature shows a completely different book than what I was sent. I was expecting a reprint of the original book, but this is not what it is. It's in a readable font, unlike what some reviewers complain about, but the pagination is terrible. It looks like it's made from an OCRed version of the text, and just printed out without any regard to where pages begin and end. The contents page doesn't start on a new page. The Chapters don't start on new pages. THERE ARE NOT EVEN PAGE NUMBERS!!!
Totally and completely useless.

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Cliente Amazon

Faltam detalhes no índice

Reviewed in Brazil 🇧🇷 on December 1, 2015

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Em vez de "Chapter I" etc, poderiam colocar os nomes dos capítulos, mas tirando esse pequeno problema, o livro atendeu todas as expectativas!

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