A Class Room Logic: Deductive and Inductive, with Special Application to the Science and Art of Teaching — John Shaqi
A Class Room Logic: Deductive and Inductive, with Special Application to the Science and Art of TeachingMcNair, George Hastings
Philosophy
A Class Room Logic: Deductive and Inductive, with Special Application to the Science and Art of Teaching
McNair, George Hastings
Logic
CHAPTER 17.――INDUCTIVE REASONING.
1. Inductive and Deductive Reasoning Distinguished.
2. The “Inductive Hazard.”
3. Complexity of the Problem of Induction.
4. Various Conceptions of Induction.
5. Induction and Deduction Contiguous Processes.
6. Induction an Assumption.
7. Universal Causation.
8. Uniformity of Nature.
9. Inductive Assumptions Justified.
10. Three Forms of Inductive Research.
11. Induction by Simple Enumeration.
12. Induction by Analogy.
13. Induction by Analysis.
14. Perfect Induction.
15. Traduction.
16. Outline.
17. Summary.
18. Review Questions.
19. Questions for Original Thought and Investigation.
CHAPTER 18.――MILL’S FIVE SPECIAL METHODS OF OBSERVATION AND
EXPERIMENT.
1. Aim of Five Methods.
2. Method of Agreement.
3. Method of Difference.
4. The Joint Method of Agreement and Difference.
5. The Method of Concomitant Variations.
6. The Method of Residues.
7. General Purpose and Unity of Five Methods.
8. Outline.
9. Summary.
10. Review Questions.
11. Questions for Original Thought and Investigation.
CHAPTER 19.――AUXILIARY ELEMENTS IN INDUCTION.
OBSERVATION――EXPERIMENT――HYPOTHESIS.
1. Foundation of Inductive Generalizations.
2. Observation.
3. Experiment.
4. Rules for Logical Observation and Experiment.
5. Common Errors of Observation and Experiment.
6. The Hypothesis.
7. Induction and Hypothesis Distinguished.
8. Hypothesis and Theory Distinguished.
9. The Requirements of a Permissible Hypothesis.
10. Uses of Hypothesis.
11. Characteristics Needed by Scientific Investigators.
12. Outline.
13. Summary.
14. Review Questions.
15. Questions for Original Thought and Investigation.
CHAPTER 20.――LOGIC IN THE CLASS ROOM.
1. Thought is King.
2. Special Functions of Induction and Deduction.
3. Two Types of Minds.
4. Conservatism in School.
5. The Method of the Discoverer.
6. Real Inductive Method not in Vogue in Class Room Work.
7. As a Method of Instruction, Deduction Superior.
8. Conquest, not Knowledge, the Desideratum.
9. Motivation as Related to Spirit of Discovery.
10. Discoverer’s Method Adapted to Class Room Work.
11. Question and Answer Method not Necessarily One of Discovery.
12. Outline.
13. Summary.
14. Review Questions.
15. Questions for Original Thought and Investigation.
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