"This book is a development of ideas regarding the nature of logical theory that were first presented ... in Studies in logical theory; that were somewhat expanded in Essays in experimental logic and were briefly summarized with special reference to education in How we think."--Preface.
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pt. I. Introduction. The problem of logical subject-matter --; The existential matrix of inquiry : biological --; The existential matrix of inquiry : cultural --; Common sense and scientific inquiry --; The needed reform of logic --; pt. II. The structure of inquiry and the construction of judgments. The pattern of inquiry --; The construction of judgment --; Immediate knowledge : understanding and inference --; Judgments of practice : evaluation --; Affirmation and negation : judgment as requalification --; The function of propositions of quantity in judgment --; Judgment as spatial-temporal determination : narration-description --; The continuum of judgment : general propositions --; Generic and universal propositions --; pt. III. Propositions and terms. General theory of propositions --; Propositions ordered in sets and series --; Formal functions and canons --; Terms or meanings --; pt. IV. The logic of scientific method. Logic and natural science : form and matter --; Mathematical discourse --; Scientific method : induction and deduction --; Scientific laws : causation and sequences --; Scientific method and scientific subject-matter --; Social inquiry --; The logic of inquiry and philosophies of knowledge.