Transcriber's note: 1. Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). 2. In the mathematical expressions in this text the carat character represents 'raised to the power' (example: 1+3=2^2). 3. The original text includes Greek characters. For this text file version these letters have been replaced with their transliterations, with the exception of Greek letter 'pi' which is represented as [pi]. STUDIES IN LOGICAL THEORY by JOHN DEWEY Professor of Philosophy With the Co-Operation of Members and Fellows of the Department of Philosophy The Decennial Publications Second Series Volume Xi Chicago The University of Chicago Press 1903 Copyright, 1903 By the University of Chicago PREFACE This volume presents some results of the work done in the matter of logical theory in the Department of Philosophy of the University of Chicago in the first decade of its existence. The eleven Studies are the work of eight different hands, all, with the exception of the editor, having at some period held Fellowships in this University, Dr. Heidel in Greek, the others in Philosophy. Their names and present pursuits are indicated in the Table of Contents. The editor has occasionally, though rarely, added a footnote or phrase which might serve to connect one Study more closely with another. The pages in the discussion of Hypothesis, on Mill and Whewell, are by him. With these exceptions, each writer is individually and completely responsible for his own Study. The various Studies present, the editor believes, about the relative amount of agreement and disagreement that is natural in view of the conditions of their origin. The various writers have been in contact with one another in Seminars and lecture courses in pursuit of the same topics, and have had to do with shaping one another's views. There are several others, not represented in this volume, who have also participated in the evolution of the point of view herein set forth, and to whom the writers acknowledge their indebtedness. The disagreements proceed from the diversity of interests with which the different writers approach the logical topic; and from the fact that the point of view in question is still (happily) developing and showing no signs of becoming a closed system.