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REFORMED LOGIC
Oxford HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY
REFORMED LOGIC A SYSTEM BASED ON BERKELEY'S PHILOSOPHY WITH AN ENTIRELY NEW METHOD OF DIALECTIC BY D. B. McLACHLAN
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
INTELLECT
PERCEPTION
IDEAS
GENERALISATION
IMAGINATION
In a time when logic textbooks often feel tangled and indecipherable, this work steps in with a clear‑cut overhaul. Drawing on a specially reshaped version of Berkeley’s ideas, it argues that the mind’s active, indivisible spirit underpins all thought, while fleeting ideas merely inhabit that spiritual substrate. The author insists that the confusion in current metaphysics stems not from the limits of reason but from faulty starting premises, and then sets out to replace them with a foundation that even a diligent schoolboy could grasp.
The centerpiece is a fresh method of dialectic, presented as a straightforward set of rules comparable to elementary arithmetic. By re‑examining the relationship between ideal and substantial philosophies, the book shows how logical reasoning can be taught early, offering learners tools for expressing and critiquing arguments with confidence. Its accessible style promises to make the once‑arcane terrain of logic feel both logical and lively.
Full title
Reformed Logic A System Based on Berkeley's Philosophy with an Entirely New Method of Dialectic A System Based on Berkeley's Philosophy with an Entirely New Method of Dialectic
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (294K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2016-08-31
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Best known for a late-19th-century work on logic, this writer explored how reasoning might be rebuilt on the philosophy of George Berkeley. The surviving record is thin, but the book itself shows an ambitious mind trying to rethink how ideas, language, and argument fit together.
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