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The Principles of Science

by William Stanley Jevons

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

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