The principles of science

by William Stanley Jevons

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Preface to the First Edition
3. Preface to the Second Edition
4. Chapter I. Introduction
5. Chapter II. Terms
6. Chapter III. Propositions
7. Chapter IV. Deductive Reasoning
8. Chapter V. Disjunctive Propositions
9. Chapter VI. The Indirect Method of Inference
10. Chapter VII. Induction
11. Chapter VIII. Principles of Number
12. Chapter IX. The Variety of Nature, or the Doctrine of Combinations and Permutations
13. Chapter X. The Theory of Probability
14. Chapter XI. Philosophy of Inductive Inference
15. Chapter XII. The Inductive or Inverse Application of the Theory of Probability
16. Chapter XIII. The Exact Measurement of Phenomena
17. Chapter XIV. Units and Standards of Measurement
18. Chapter XV. Analysis of Quantitative Phenomena
19. Chapter XVI. The Method of Means
20. Chapter XVII. The Law of Error
21. Chapter XVIII. Observation
22. Chapter XIX. Experiment
23. Chapter XX. Method of Variations
24. Chapter XXI. Theory of Approximation
25. Chapter XXII. Quantitative Induction
26. Chapter XXIII. The Use of Hypothesis
27. Chapter XXIV. Empirical Knowledge, Explanation, and Prediction
28. Chapter XXV. Accordance of Quantitative Theories
29. Chapter XXVI. Character of the Experimentalist
30. Chapter XXVII. Generalisation
31. Chapter XXVIII. Analogy
32. Chapter XXIX. Exceptional Phenomena
33. Chapter XXX. Classification
34. Chapter XXXI. Reflections on the Results and Limits of Scientific Method
35. Conclusion

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